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.