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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2545146,"song":"West Virginia Mine Disaster","artist":"Jean Ritchie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11513122-west-virginia-mine-disaster-chords-by-jean-ritchie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2545146?type=chord","rating":0.08938,"votes":0,"content":"[ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSay, did you see him walking? it was early this morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe passed by your house on his way to the coal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                  [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHe was tall, he was slender, and his blue eyes so tender[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHis occupation was mining, West Virginia his home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIt was just about noon, I was feeding the children[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nBen Moseley come running for to give us the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNumber eight is all flooded, many men are in danger[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]                               [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd we don't know their number, but we fear they're all gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSo I picked up the baby and I left all the others[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nFor to comfort each other and pray for our own[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere's Tommy, fourteen, and there's John not much younger[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSoon their own time will be coming to go down the black hole[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow what will I say to his poor little children?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd what will I tell his dear mother at home?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd what will I say to my poor heart that's clear broken?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTo My heart that's clear broken if my baby is gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]C#[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow if I had the money to do more than just feed them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI'd give them good learning, the best could be found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSo when they grew up they'd be checkers and weighers[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd not spend their life digging in (drawn out) the dark underground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSay, did you see him walking? it was early this morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nHe passed by your house on his way to the coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe was tall, he was slender, and his blue eyes so tender[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch] (Several) [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHis occupation was mining, West Virginia his home[/tab]","plain_text":"E B F# F#m C#m Bm A C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE   B   F#m  F#m\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF#m  F#  E   B\n\nC#  F#  E   B\n\nF#m  F#m  A  B\n\nB  F#   F#m\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE  Bm  F#m  F#","chords":["E","B","F#","F#m","C#m","Bm","A","C","C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}