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Blackleg Miner chords by Traditional

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Traditional, from Northumberland (north-eastern England).
There have been many miners' strikes over the years,
and it's unclear which one this dates from - perhaps from the strikes of 1844,
which collapsed after 20 weeks thanks to strike-breaking (blackleg) miners.
It enjoyed a revival thanks to the miners' strikes of the 1980s
under Margaret Thatcher's government.

Various artists have recorded this; this version is from the oral tradition
of Forest School Camps.


     Chord diagramDmDm              Chord diagramC majorC
It's in the evening, after dark
    Chord diagramDmDm              Chord diagramA minorAm
The blackleg miner gangs ta wark
       Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramC majorC
In his moleskin pants and dirty shirt
      Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramDmDm
There goes the blackleg miner

   Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramC majorC
He takes his pick and down he goes
   Chord diagramDmDm                Chord diagramA minorAm
To hew the coal that lies below
        Chord diagramDmDm             Chord diagramC majorC
There's not a woman in this town row
      Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramDmDm
Would look at a blackleg miner

    Chord diagramDmDm           Chord diagramC majorC
For Deleval is a terrible place
     Chord diagramDmDm                Chord diagramA minorAm
They rub wet clay in a blackleg's face
 Chord diagramDmDm                  Chord diagramC majorC
Around the pits they run a foot race
   Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramDmDm
To catch the blackleg miner

    Chord diagramDmDm                Chord diagramC majorC
And don't go near the Seghill mine
 Chord diagramDmDm                    Chord diagramA minorAm
Across the top they've stretched a line
   Chord diagramDmDm                   Chord diagramC majorC
To catch the throat and break the spine
       Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramDmDm
Of the dirty blackleg miner

          Chord diagramDmDm                Chord diagramC majorC
Well they take his pick and duds as well
         Chord diagramDmDm                 Chord diagramA minorAm
And they hurl them down the pit of Hell
   Chord diagramDmDm             Chord diagramC majorC
So off you go and fare thee well
    Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramDmDm
You dirty blackleg miner

   Chord diagramDmDm             Chord diagramC majorC
So join the union while you may
      Chord diagramDmDm             Chord diagramA minorAm
Don't wait till your dying day
    Chord diagramDmDm              Chord diagramC majorC
For that may not be far away
    Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramDmDm

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