Chords for "North Country Blues" written by Mr Dylan (arr Ron Talley) 11 15 13

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_ _ _ _ Come gather round friends [A] and I'll tell you a tale
_ When _ _ _ [B] the red [F#m] iron ore pits ran empty _ But [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ the cord board filled the windows
[A] And the old men on the _ benches _ Tell _ [C#] _ you now [F#m] that the whole town is empty
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_ _ _ _ the [C#] north end of town my [A] own children are born _ _ _
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While I [A] was raised on the [Bm] other _ _ _ [F#m] In [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ the wee hours of youth [A] my mother took sick _ _
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And [F#m] I was [A] brought up by [Bm] my brother _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
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The iron ore poured [A] as years passed the door _ _
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The drag [A] lines and the shovels [Bm] they was a humming
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_ one day my [A] brother failed to come home _
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[F#m] The same as my [A] father [Bm] before him
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While the [B] long winters [F#m] waved from [A] the window I watched _
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[F#m] My friends they couldn't have [B] been _ [F#m] kinder
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_ my schooling was [A] cut as I quit in the spring
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[F#m] To marry John Thomas [Bm] a miner
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_ the years passed [A] again and the giving was good _
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[Bm] The lunch [A] bucket filled [Bm] every season
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[Bm] What _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ with three babies [E]
[A] born the work was cut down _
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[F#m] a half a [A] day's shift with [F#m] no reason
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_ the shaft was soon [A]
shut and more work was cut _
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[B] And [A] the fire in the air it [F#m] felt frozen _ _
[Bm] Till _ _ _ _ _ _ a man come to speak [A] and he said in one week _
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[F#m] That number [A] eleven was [Bm] closing
_ [F#] They [A] _
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_ _ complain in the east [A] they're paying too high _
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They say [A] that your ore ain't [F#] worth digging
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[B] That's _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ much cheaper down [A] in the South American towns
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[Bm] [F#m] Where the [A] miners work almost [B] for [F#] nothing
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the mining gates locked [A] and the red iron rotted _ _
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[F#m] the room [A] smelled heavy [Bm] from drinking
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the sad [E] silent song [A] made the hour twice as long _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] As I [F#m] waited for the sun to [Bm] go sinking
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I [C#] lived by the window [F#m] [A] as he talked to himself _ _ _
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And I heard the [A] silence of tongues it [C#] was building
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then one morning's [F#m] wake [A] they bet it was bare
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I [A] was left alone with three [Bm]
children
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the summer is [A] gone the ground's turning cold _
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stores [A] one by [F#m] one they're folding
_ _ _ [Bm] And _ _ _ _ I know my children [C#] will go [A] as soon as they grow _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] So there [A] ain't nothing here [B] now to hold them
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