Industrial Town chords by Weddings Parties Anything

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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

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

G    G    G

G                 C
Take six politicians and dig me a grave
   G    Bm      C      D
Take six intellectuals, my soul try to save
   Bm    C     G     D
And six union workers, a red flag to wave
   F     C     G      G
And one stupid singer to rant and to rave...

Verse 1:

C C C C G G       C C C C G G

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

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

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


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


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

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