James Keelaghan - Hillcrest Mine
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: D A D A D A D A G D A G D
Down in the mines of the Crowsnest Pass
A
It's the men that die in labour
G D
Sweating coal from the womb of the pit
A G
It's the smell of life they savour
D
And in that mine, young man, you'll find
A
A wealth of broken dreams
G D
As long and as dark and as black and as wide
A G
As the coal in The Hillcrest seam
CHORUS:
D
And they say you don't go (say you don't go)
G D
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
A
And they say you don't go
D A
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
D A
'Cause it's one short step
G D
You might leave this world behind
A
And they say you don't go
G A D
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
I've heard it whispered in the light of dawn
A
That mountain sometimes moves
G D
That bodes ill for the morning shift
A G
And you know what you're gonna lose
D
Don't go my son where the deep coal runs
A
Turn your back to the mine on the hill
G D
'Cause if the dust and the dark and the gas don't getcha
A G
Then the goons and the bosses will
CHORUS:
D
And they say you don't go (say you don't go)
G D
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
A
And they say you don't go
G A
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
D A
'Cause it's one short step
G D
You might leave this world behind
A
And they say you don't go
G A D
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
INSTRUMENTAL:
Well son, I'm gonna open up
A
I'm gonna have my say
G D
You'll get no peace from the Hillcrest Mine
A G
'Cept the peace of any early grave
D
Go out and work for the workers' rights
A
Go work for the workers' needs
G D
Don't stay down here to toil for your buck
A G
To be a tool for the owner's greed
CHORUS:
D
And they say you don't go (say you don't go)
G D
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
A
And they say you don't go
G A
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
D A
'Cause it's one short step
G D
You might leave this world behind
A
And they say you don't go
G A D
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
CHORUS:
D
And they say you don't go (say you don't go)
G D
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
A
And they say you don't go
G A
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
D A
'Cause it's one short step
G D
You might leave this world behind
A
And they say you don't go
G A D
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine
