Mill Boys chords by Barclay James Harvest

Chords with lyrics

verse 1

C majorC    G+G      D MajorD         E minorEm
Sky was black, Lord, rain came pouring down
C majorC       G+G       D MajorD     A minorAm
Number 12 bus shuffling down Shaw Road way
C majorC     G+G           D MajorD        E minorEm
Mules keep spinning, blackfaced lifers peck the ground
C majorC         G+G       D MajorD      A minorAm
Sun comes up like lightning over Tango Hills grey


    G+G            A minorAm
We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys
       C majorC      G+G
Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day

SOLO A minorAm C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm C majorC G+G
    A minorAm C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G D MajorD

verse 2

C majorC        G+G          D MajorD        E minorEm
Cotton mill will get you, boy, she'll take you to your grave
C majorC        G+G       D MajorD          A minorAm
Tell you boy to use your head, apprentice out your days
C majorC        G+G         D MajorD       E minorEm
You'll end up a nothing, boy, with cotton as your trade
C majorC         G+G       D MajorD     A minorAm
Sun comes up like lightning over Tango Hill grey


    G+G            A minorAm
We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys
       C majorC      G+G
Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day


    G+G            A minorAm
We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys
       C majorC      G+G
Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day



verse 3

   C majorC       G+G
It's easy to see a poor boy's blues
     A minorAm      G+G
When he's working every day


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