{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1943623,"song":"1915-1972","artist":"Billy Mitchell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11434670-1915-1972-chords-by-billy-mitchell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1943623?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nborn 1915 on the south of the tyne[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhe worked on the seam in the west wylam mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlike his father before him and most of their kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe fought for the coal with his life on the line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nstorm clouds upon us 1939[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]EM[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nno stranger to danger he willingly signed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\non a free trip to europe for a man in his prime[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nhe fought for the crown with his life on the line[/tab]\r\n        \r\n[Solo]\r\nsame as 2nd verse      \r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]EM[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n \r\n[Middle 8]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsix years of killing and staying alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]EM[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthen home to a wife and a laddie of five[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthen it’s on with his pit boots and a davy to shine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand back down the pit with his life on the line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsix years of hewin down in the black hole[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut the pits running dry and they say \"no more coal\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"not financially viable the pit owners whined[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nso he's out in the cold with a living to find[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nso at forty years old to newcastle he came[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]EM[/ch]    \r\nex soldier, ex miner, just a pawn in their game[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand in a bar in newcastle he served out his time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand lived out his life so that i could have mine[/tab]\r\n  \r\n [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     \r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe laid down his life so that i could have mine [/tab]","plain_text":"[Solo]\nsame as 2nd verse      \nG  D  G  EM  A  D  G  D  A  D\n \n[Middle 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n D   G   D   A   D","chords":["D","G","A","EM"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}