The Durham Lockout chords by Alex Campbell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC   FF C majorC

Verse:
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In our Durham County, boys, I am sorry for to say
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That hunger and starvation are increasing every day
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For the want of food and coals, we know not what to do
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But with your kind assistance, we will see the struggle through

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I need not state the reason why we have been brought so low
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The masters have behaved unkind, as everyone will know
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Because we won't lie down, boys, and let them treat us as they like
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To punish us they've stopped the pits and caused the present strike

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The pulley wheels have ceased to move, that once went swift around
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The horses and the ponies too, all brought from underground
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Our work is taken from us now, they care not if we die
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For they can eat the best of food and drink the best when dry

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The miner and his wife too, each morning have to roam
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To seek for bread to feed their children at home
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The flour barrel is empty now, our true and faithful friend
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Which makes the thousands wish today, the strike was at an end

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We have done our very best as honest working men
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To let the pits commence again, we've offered to them ten
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The offer they will not accept, they firmly do demand
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Thirteen and a half percent, or let the collieries stand

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Let them stand or let them lie, do with them as we choose
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To give them thirteen and a half percent, we ever shall refuse
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They're always willing to receive, but not inclined to give
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And very soon they won't allow a working man to live

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The miners of Northumberland, we shall forever praise
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For being so kind in helping us, those tyrannising days
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We thank the other countries too, that have been doing the same
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And every man who hears this song, will know we're not to blame