{"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":2364959,"song":"The Blackleg Miner","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11489020-the-blackleg-miner-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2364959?type=chord","rating":4.75507,"votes":5,"content":"[Verse]\r\nN.C.\r\nIt's in the evening after dark\r\nN.C.\r\nWhen the blackleg miner creeps to work\r\nN.C.\r\nWith his moleskin pants and dirty shirt\r\nN.C.\r\nThere goes the blackleg miner\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\nN.C.\r\nWell, he grabs his duds and down he goes\r\nN.C.\r\nTo hew the coal that lies below\r\nN.C.\r\nThere's not a woman in this town row\r\nN.C.\r\nWill look at the blackleg miner\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, Delaval is a terrible place[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey rub wet clay in the blackleg's face[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd around the heaps they run a footrace[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo catch the blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd div'nt gang near the Seghill mine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAcross the way they stretch a line[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo catch the throat and break the spine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOf the dirty blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey grab his duds and his picks as well[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey hoy him down to the pit of hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown you go and fare ye well[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou dirty blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, it's in the evening after dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen the blackleg miner creeps to work[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his moleskin pants and dirty shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere goes the blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo, join the union while you may[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDon't wait till your dying day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor that may not be far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou dirty blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse]\nN.C.\nIt's in the evening after dark\nN.C.\nWhen the blackleg miner creeps to work\nN.C.\nWith his moleskin pants and dirty shirt\nN.C.\nThere goes the blackleg miner\n\n[Verse]\nN.C.\nWell, he grabs his duds and down he goes\nN.C.\nTo hew the coal that lies below\nN.C.\nThere's not a woman in this town row\nN.C.\nWill look at the blackleg miner\n\n[Instrumental]\nF#m  E  F#m  E  F#m  E  F#m E F#m\nF#m  E  F#m  E  F#m  E  F#m E F#m\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF#m  E  F#m  E  F#m  E  F#m E F#m\nF#m  E  F#m  E  F#m  E  F#m E F#m\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF#m  E  F#m  E  F#m  E  F#m E F#m\nF#m  E  F#m  E  F#m  E  F#m E F#m\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nF#m  E  F#m  E  F#m  E  F#m E F#m","chords":["C","F#m","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}