Chords for We Work The Black Seam

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[E] place has changed more than [C] your [G] economic [B] theory said [E] it would. _ _ _
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[E] It's hard for us to understand, we can't give up [B] our job the way [E] we should.
_ Our _
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[E] blood has steamed the coal, _
[G] _ tunneled deep [B] inside the [Am] _
nation's soul. _ _ _
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[E] Matter, or by bombs and pens, [C] your economic _ [B] theory makes [E] no sense. _ _ _ _ _
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[F] One day [C] you'll _ _
[D] _ _ understand our reach, [F] build the sheaths that [C] we can't control,
[D] remarry the waste and [C] a brand new coal.
[F] Powers do [C] become cheap and clean, [D] grimy faces [Am] were never seen.
[F] Deadly for [C] 12,000 years, [D] this carbon 14. _ _
[Am] We've worked the black sea _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ together.
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Our [E] seam lies [Am] underground.
Three [G] million years [E] of worship at the dawn. _ _ _ _
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You [E] walk through ancient forest lands [C] and light a house [E] of six _
[Am] _ _ kilovolts. _ _
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Your [E] dark [A] satanic kills [C] have made redundant [E] all our mining skills.
You _ _
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[E] can't exchange a six-inch band [C] for all the poison [B] streams. _
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[F] One day [C] _ _ _
[D] they may [C] understand our reach, [F] build the sheaths that [C] we can't control,
[D] remarry the waste and [Am] a great big coal.
[F] Powers do [C] become cheap and clean, [D] grimy faces were [C] never seen.
[F] Deadly for [C] 12,000 years, [D] this carbon 14. _
[E] We've [Am] worked the black sea together.
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[E] We've [Am] worked the black sea together.
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Should [E] the children [Am] _ of [C] the turning world [B] will sing their [Am]
souls to _ sleep. _ _
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If [E] you have sunk where our heart drinks, [C] the universe [B] will suck the [E] kids' bodies. _ _ _ _
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[F] One day [C] _ _
[D] they may [Am] understand our reach, [F] build the sheaths that [C] they can't control,
[D] and bury the waste in [C] a great big hole.
[F] Powers do [C] become cheap and clean, [D] grimy faces [Am] were never seen.
[F] Deadly for [C] 12,000 years, [D] this carbon 14. _
[Am] We've worked the black sea together.
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[Am] We've worked the black sea, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
worked the black sea, _ _
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[Am] worked the black sea. _ _
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