Farewell To The Rhondda chords by The Hennessys

Chorus
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Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
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well you Rhondda valley girls, we
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never will come  back. ... The
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mines they are a--closin', the
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valleys are all  doomed. There?s
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no work in the  Rhondda, boys, we'll
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be in London  soon.

verse 1
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My father was a miner, as his
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father was before, and they
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 always had been proud to work be.-
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-low. Since they fell 'neath Roben's axe, all the
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 lads have got the sack, so a-
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-way to work in England, we must  go!


Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G                D
never will come  back. ... The
G                 C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am               D
valleys are all  doomed. There?s
G               C
no work in the  Rhondda, boys, we'll
D             G      C  G  D  G
be in London  soon.


verse 2
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No more the chapel singin', for that
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long ago has left us, in the
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public house no more the miner's
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songs. For the population's droppin', as the
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pit wheels they're a-stoppin', and I
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can't afford to stay here very  long.


Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G                D
never will come  back. ... The
G                 C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am               D
valleys are all  doomed. There?s
G               C
no work in the  Rhondda, boys, we'll
D             G      C  G  D  G
be in London  soon.


verse 3
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Treherbert and Treorchy, Ton-
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pandy and Tynewydd,
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Ystrad Rhondda and Ton Pentre, all a-
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dieu! For I can no longer wait, while the
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parliament debates, So a
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fond farewell I bid to all of  you!


Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G                D
never will come  back. ... The
G                 C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am               D
valleys are all  doomed. There?s
G               C
no work in the  Rhondda, boys, we'll
D             G      C  G  D  G
be in London  soon.


Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G                D
never will come  back. ... The
G                 C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am               D
valleys are all  doomed. There?s
G               C
no work in the  Rhondda, boys, we'll
D             G      C  G  D  G
be in London  soon.