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Gordon Lightfoot - Mother Of A Miner's Child
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G  
[VERSE 1:]
She is my flower
And she blooms for the Cone who loves her Gbest
The Cminers stop to Dwatch her when she Gwalks
They Dknow her love is not for saleC  
She will never fail me 'cause I GknowD/F#  
I watched her Emgrow
The Cmother of a Amminer's child
CWaits for me beDside the kitchen GdoorD  
[VERSE 2:]
She is my Glight
In this place where the Cdarkness never Gends
She'll Cguide me where the Dtunnels twist and Gbend
She's the Donly one who listens when I Ctell her
I got less than I can GspendD/F#  
She knows the Empace
Oh, Cmother of a Amminer's child
CWash away the Dcoal dust from my GfaceF  C  G  
[VERSE 3:]
When the night shift's done
She'll be waiting by the Ctable when I Gcome
CSearching for aDnother dream to Gchase
Oh, Dmother of a miner's child
I Cknow that you still think about the Gday
When D/F#we'll be moving Emon
ReCmember dear old Amdaddy and
The Cpromise that I Dmade to carry GonD  
[VERSE 4:]
Sometimes I Gsmile
In the cage where the Ccables softly Ghum
I'd Ccurse that old Dstraw boss to the Gbone
But the Dmother of a miner's child
Is Cwaiting for her pay-check to come GhomeD/F#  
Come SaturEmday
And Che is just a Amminer's boy
I Chope that he will Dfind a better GwayF  C  G  
[VERSE 5:]
She is my flower
And she blooms for the Cone who loves her Gbest
The Cminers stop to Dwatch her when she Gwalks
They Dknow her love is not for saleC  
She will never fail me 'cause I GknowD/F#  
I watched her Emgrow
The Cmother of a Amminer's child
CWaits for me Dbeside the kitchen GdoorF  C  G  
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The story behind the song

Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer-songwriter whose work often explored themes of loneliness and the natural world, becoming a defining voice of the 1970s singer-songwriter era. While this song isn't among his most famous, his biographer noted Lightfoot's name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains, shipwrecks, rivers, highways, lovers, and loneliness. Playing this song, one can connect with the tradition of storytelling through music that Lightfoot mastered.

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