Mother Of A Miners Child chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - Mother Of A Miner's Child


CAPO: 2nd Fret




INTRO:: G

VERSE 1::

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

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


VERSE 3::

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


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


VERSE 5::

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