Mother Of A Miners Child chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - Mother Of A augmentedA Miner's Child


CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO:: G+G

VERSE 1::

She is my flower
            C majorC         G+G
And she blooms for the one who loves her best
  C majorC       D MajorD         G+G
The miners stop to watch her when she walks
   D MajorD               C majorC
They know her love is not for sale
                G+G   D/F#D/F#
She will never fail me 'cause I know
       E minorEm
I watched her grow
  C majorC      A minorAm
The mother of a miner's child
C majorC       D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
Waits for me beside the kitchen door

VERSE 2::
     G+G
She is my light
            C majorC       G+G
In this place where the darkness never ends
    C majorC         D MajorD         G+G
She'll guide me where the tunnels twist and bend
     D MajorD              C majorC
She's the only one who listens when I tell her
           G+G   D/F#D/F#
I got less than I can spend
       E minorEm
She knows the pace
  C majorC      A minorAm
Oh, mother of a miner's child
C majorC       D MajorD         G+G    FF  C majorC  G+G
Wash away the coal dust from my face


VERSE 3::

When the night shift's done
             C majorC      G+G
She'll be waiting by the table when I come
C majorC       D MajorD        G+G
Searching for another dream to chase
  D MajorD
Oh, mother of a miner's child
 C majorC                  G+G
I know that you still think about the day
   D/F#D/F#      E minorEm
When we'll be moving on
 C majorC        A minorAm
Remember dear old daddy and
  C majorC       D MajorD       G+G   D MajorD
The promise that I made to carry on

VERSE 4::
      G+G
Sometimes I smile
           C majorC       G+G
In the cage where the cables softly hum
  C majorC       D MajorD         G+G
I'd curse that old straw boss to the bone
    D MajorD
But the mother of a miner's child
  C majorC                 G+G   D/F#D/F#
Is waiting for her pay-check to come home
     E minorEm
Come Saturday
  C majorC      A minorAm
And he is just a miner's boy
 C majorC         D MajorD       G+G   FF  C majorC  G+G
I hope that he will find a better way


VERSE 5::

She is my flower
            C majorC         G+G
And she blooms for the one who loves her best
  C majorC       D MajorD         G+G
The miners stop to watch her when she walks
   D MajorD               C majorC
They know her love is not for sale
                G+G   D/F#D/F#
She will never fail me 'cause I know
       E minorEm
I watched her grow
  C majorC      A minorAm
The mother of a miner's child
C majorC      D MajorD         G+G   FF  C majorC  G+G