Industrial Town chords by Weddings Parties Anything

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G                  C majorC
Down in the valley, the valley so low,
G+G      B minorBm    C majorC        D MajorD
Lay the town over and hear the winds blow,
B minorBm       C majorC    G+G    D MajorD
Lay the town over and dig it all in,
    FF     C majorC    G+G       G+G
For what we once had will not come again.

  G+G                 C majorC
The people are crying, the people are down,
   G+G     B minorBm       C majorC      D MajorD
They look at the crevice where once lived a town,
     B minorBm      C majorC       G+G     D MajorD
And it's not for the money, they cry not for the blame
     FF      C majorC     G+G        G+G
They just cry for a ghost town, such a great shame.

G+G    G+G    G+G

G+G                 C majorC
Take six politicians and dig me a grave
   G+G    B minorBm      C majorC      D MajorD
Take six intellectuals, my soul try to save
   B minorBm    C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
And six union workers, a red flag to wave
   FF     C majorC     G+G      G+G
And one stupid singer to rant and to rave...

Verse 1:

C majorC C C majorC C G+G G MajorG       C majorC C C majorC C G+G G MajorG

  G+G          C majorC
Now Old King Coal was a merry old soul
    D MajorD
Such a merry old soul was he,
     G+G    D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
Cause he fed my dad, he fed my mum,
  D MajorD
He fed us children three.
  C majorC   C majorC   D MajorD
And I remember Old Coach Road,
    C majorC         D MajorD
And the pine trees by its side
  G+G  D MajorD     C majorC
And I remember the playground there,
   D MajorD
And every swing and slide.

Chorus:
    C majorC    C majorC    D MajorD
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C majorC     C majorC    D MajorD
Soon your days are at an end
     G+G   D MajorD  C majorC    G+G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
  D MajorD            G+G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.

Verse 2:
    G+G    D MajorD    C majorC
In the morning when the sun came up
   D MajorD
On commission housing, there,
     G+G     D MajorD      C majorC      G+G
We could feel the ash from the mine sometimes
   D MajorD
Come floating through the air.
   C majorC     C majorC    D MajorD
But times were good and we didn't mind
      C majorC         D MajorD
About the chimneys and their mess.
        G+G   D MajorD     C majorC
Oh no, three meals a day, a sleep at night,
  D MajorD
We couldn't have cared less.

Chorus:
    C majorC    C majorC    D MajorD
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C majorC     C majorC    D MajorD
Soon your days are at an end
     G+G   D MajorD  C majorC    G+G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
  D MajorD            G+G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.


Verse 3:
G+G     D MajorD     C majorC
Time moved on, we moved away
   D MajorD
How a young child soon forgets,
G+G      D MajorD   C majorC   G+G
Twelve years later I returned,
  D MajorD
And I see with regret
C majorC   C majorC    D MajorD
Empty houses, empty streets,
C majorC   C majorC   D MajorD
Not a single soul to meet,
G+G      D MajorD  C majorC     G+G
Sold right out, damned on whim,
D MajorD
Sing this chorus, sing this hymn.

Chorus:
    C majorC    C majorC    D MajorD
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C majorC     C majorC    D MajorD
Soon your days are at an end
     G+G   D MajorD  C majorC    G+G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
  D MajorD            G+G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.
  G+G         G+G            C majorC C C majorC C G+G G MajorG    C majorC C C majorC C G+G G*
Industrial Town, Industrial Town, Industrial Town.