Chords for The McCalmans - Colliery gate

[Eb] _ _ _ Well, I left down the road from [G] the Corrie Gate, and the [Eb] siren of the ship did the song [G] I hate.
Don't [Fm] be sick [Gm] and don't be [G] late, there is no other work in the village.
_ _ _ When the dust and the grime make a man retire, then the sun comes up on the chimes of fire.
[Ab] Working in the dark just to feed your fire, there is no other work in the village.
_ _ _ Though Philston is better [Eb] than Most St.
Stey, I will [Cm] do everything to keep my son [Gm] away.
Jobs like that [Db] don't come [Gm] each day, there is no other [G] work in the village. _ _ _ _
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No, you won't catch me [Eb] down underground in [Fm] your [Db] mines, away [Ab] from the trees and [Eb] the flowers [Ab] so [Db] fine,
[Ab] down in the dark where the sun [C] never _ _ shines.
[Fm] No, you won't [Eb] get me down [Fm] in your _ [Bbm] [Fm] mines.
_ _ _ Well, they work in the dark [Eb] for the most [Fm] of their [Db] lives, away from [Ab] their children, [Eb] away [Ab] from their wives,
[Db] to make [Ab] others rich [Eb] in the heat and [C] the dark.
[Fm] Ah, but who's going [Eb] to care when [Fm] you're too old to work?
No, you won't get me down [Eb] underground in [Fm] your mines, [Db]
away [Ab] from the trees and [Eb] the flowers [Ab] so [Db] fine,
[Ab] down in the dark where the sun [C] never _ shines.
[Fm] No, you won't [Eb] get me down [Fm] in your [Bbm] mines.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ There's many a miner [Eb] has died [Fm] _
[Db] underground, _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] though [Ab] tumble down [Db] or choke [Ab] out this life [Eb] underneath the [C] crape _ beans.
[Fm] Or buried [Eb] and gassed [Db] in the [Fm] baltic cold _ sea.
No, you won't get me down [Eb] underground [Fm] in your mines,
[Db] away [Ab] from the trees [Eb] and the flowers [Ab] so fine, [Db] down [Ab] in the dark [Eb] where the sun never [C] _ _ [Fm] shines.
No, you won't [Eb] get me down in [Fm] your _ mines. _
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I've worked in your factories, [Eb] I've worked on [Fm] your farms, [Db] young [Ab] and much old [Eb] who don't own [Ab] me arms.
[Db] I've been [Ab] in your armies and [Eb] I've been out [C] to sea, _ [Fm] but by Christ you [Eb] want to [Ab] make a coal miner [Fm] of me.
No, you won't get me down [Cm] [Eb] underground in [Fm] your mines, [Db] away [Ab] from the trees and [Eb] the flowers [Ab] so [Db] fine,
down [Ab] in the dark where [Eb] the sun [C] never _ shines.
[Fm]
No, you won't get [Eb] me down [Fm] in your _ mines.
_ Away from the flowers so fine. _
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