{"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":2361807,"song":"Rescue From Moose River Gold Mine","artist":"Wilf Carter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11488544-rescue-from-moose-river-gold-mine-chords-by-wilf-carter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2361807?type=chord","rating":0.11313,"votes":0,"content":"Rescue From Moose River Gold Mine by Wilf Carter\r\nChorded by Gary W\r\nThis song is about a true event that happened on April 12, 1936\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWay down in old Nova Scotia[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMoose River, it seems, is the name[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThree Canadians on Easter Sunday[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo the tumbledown gold mine they came[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey descended the mine for in- -spection[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever dreaming Fate trailed them close by[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith a crash that gave them no warning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEn- -tombed in that mine there to die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBrave men from all over the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nVolun- -teered to give up their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey slaved with unceasing efforts[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt seemed that death they de- -fied[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLong days and nights they had labored[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTurned back when great cave-ins fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile far below patiently waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThree men were in one living Hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMany times turned back when near rescue[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey seen all was blocking their way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith a prayer on their lips they worked onward[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe must win, we must win, pray we may[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn Sunday they got their first message[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom the men prisoned far far be- -low[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n?Can you help us?? they heard the men calling[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n?Our suff'rings God above only knows.?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNext message filled all hearts with sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs they heard them say ?One pal is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe are trying our best to hold on boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDo your best. Don't make it too long.?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt last the great strain it was broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA miner out of breath brought the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n`We have won the great fight!? he was calling[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n?At last we have dug our way through!?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat great fight against the Dark Angel[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt is one fighting heart all the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStill a tragedy came with the rescue[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom the tomb of those terrible days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow friends, this story is ending[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith hardships of many a day[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut this rescue will go down in hist'ry[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf the gold mine down Moose River way[/tab]","plain_text":"Rescue From Moose River Gold Mine by Wilf Carter\nChorded by Gary W\nThis song is about a true event that happened on April 12, 1936","chords":["F","Bb","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}