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The Hackensaw Boys - Miner
Rob Bullington (aka Mahlon Hackensaw)
From the album "Keep It Simple" (2002)
*Each line has 8 measures and the chords return to "E" after each verse for what 
I'll call the "Verse Intro".
The Verse Intro is E strummed 8 times in 8 measures followed by E7 4 times
as fast (32 times in 8 measures).
If you follow what I'm saying, it should look like this:
[Intro]
E
           E             E             E              E(x2)
 E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7   E7    E7(x2)
E
[Verse 1]
EIf I was a miner, I'd sing about the mine
I'd tell you of the women, they'd F#mlove you for a time
GLove you for a Dtime, Gtake you to their Dhome
GIf I was a Dminer, I'd make them my Eown
EHey! Hey! GHey!
DMake them my Eown
[Verse Intro]
E7
[Verse 2]
EIf I was a banker, I'd take a widow's farm
I'd never work on Sunday, and I'd F#meat my biscuits warm
GI'd eat my biscuits Dwarm, with some Gfruit from a Djar
GIf I was a Dbanker, I'd buy me a new Ecar
EHey! Hey! GHey!
DBuy me a new Ecar
[Verse Intro]
E7
[Instrumental] (Verse sequence, no vocals)
E
F#m
G      D      G     D
G      D            E
G
D      E
[Verse Intro]
E7
[Verse 3]
EIf I was a preacher, I'd speak the holy word
I'd leave the church to ramble, and I'd F#mcongregate with birds
GI'd congregate with Dbirds, and forGget about the Drest
GYou must believe in Dheaven if you wanna build a Enest
EHey! Hey! GHey!
DWanna build a Enest
[Bridge]
GIf your woman's Dstubborn Gand she's got cold Dfeet
You Gtake her to the Dlaundromat and roll her in the Esheets
And Gif your woman's Dtriflin', Gand she got no Dlove
You Gtake her to the Driver and you wash her in the Eflood
EHey! Hey! GHey!
DWash her in the Eflood
EHey! Hey! GHey!
DWash her in the Eflood
EHey! Hey! GHey!
DWash her in the Eflood

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Miner

by The Hackensaw Boys

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F#m

The Hackensaw Boys - Miner

Rob Bullington (aka Mahlon Hackensaw)

From the album "Keep It Simple" (2002)

*Each line has 8 measures and the chords return to "E" after each verse for what

I'll call the "Verse Intro".

The Verse Intro is E strummed 8 times in 8 measures followed by E7 4 times

as fast (32 times in 8 measures).

If you follow what I'm saying, it should look like this:

[Intro]

E E E E

(x2)

E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7

(x2)

[Verse 1]

If I was a miner, I'd sing about the mine

F#m

I'd tell you of the women, they'd love you for a time

G D G D

Love you for a time, take you to their home

G D E

If I was a miner, I'd make them my own

E G

Hey! Hey! Hey!

D E

Make them my own

[Verse Intro]

[Verse 2]

If I was a banker, I'd take a widow's farm

F#m

I'd never work on Sunday, and I'd eat my biscuits warm

G D G D

I'd eat my biscuits warm, with some fruit from a jar

G D E

If I was a banker, I'd buy me a new car

E G

Hey! Hey! Hey!

D E

Buy me a new car

[Verse Intro]

[Instrumental] (Verse sequence, no vocals)

F#m

G D G D

G D E

D E

[Verse Intro]

[Verse 3]

If I was a preacher, I'd speak the holy word

F#m

I'd leave the church to ramble, and I'd congregate with birds

G D G D

I'd congregate with birds, and forget about the rest

G D E

You must believe in heaven if you wanna build a nest

E G

Hey! Hey! Hey!

D E

Wanna build a nest

[Bridge]

G D G D

If your woman's stubborn and she's got cold feet

G D E

You take her to the laundromat and roll her in the sheets

G D G D

And if your woman's triflin', and she got no love

G D E

You take her to the river and you wash her in the flood

E G

Hey! Hey! Hey!

D E

Wash her in the flood

E G

Hey! Hey! Hey!

D E

Wash her in the flood

E G

Hey! Hey! Hey!

D E

Wash her in the flood

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