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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
CSky was Gblack, Lord, Drain came pouring Emdown
CNumber 12 bus Gshuffling down DShaw Road Amway
CMules keep Gspinning, black-faced Dlifers peck the Emground
CSun comes up like Glightning over DTango Hills Amgrey
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We are Gmill boys, stuck on the Amhill boys
Stuck in the Cmill boys, 'Gtill our dying day
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SOLO -  Am   C   G   Em   Am   C   G  
*****   Am   C   G   Em   Am   G  D  
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VERSE 2
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CCotton mill will Gget you, boy, she'll Dtake you to your Emgrave
CTell you boy to Guse your head, Dapprentice out your Amdays
CYou'll end up a Gnothing, boy, with Dcotton as your Emtrade
CSun comes up like Glightning over DTango Hill Amgrey
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We are Gmill boys, stuck on the Amhill boys
Stuck in the Cmill boys, 'Gtill our dying day
We are Gmill boys, stuck on the Amhill boys
Stuck in the Cmill boys, 'Gtill our dying day
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VERSE 3
It's Ceasy to see a Gpoor boy's blues
When he's Amworking every Gday

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Mill Boys

by Barclay James Harvest

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Tuning = Standard

VERSE 1

C G D Em

Sky was black, Lord, rain came pouring down

C G D Am

Number 12 bus shuffling down Shaw Road way

C G D Em

Mules keep spinning, black-faced lifers peck the ground

C G D Am

Sun comes up like lightning over Tango Hills grey

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CHORUS

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G Am

We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys

C G

Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day

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Am C G Em Am C G

SOLO -

Am C G Em Am G D

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VERSE 2

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C G D Em

Cotton mill will get you, boy, she'll take you to your grave

C G D Am

Tell you boy to use your head, apprentice out your days

C G D Em

You'll end up a nothing, boy, with cotton as your trade

C G D Am

Sun comes up like lightning over Tango Hill grey

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G Am

We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys

C G

Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day

G Am

We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys

C G

Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day

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VERSE 3

C G

It's easy to see a poor boy's blues

Am G

When he's working every day

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