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Thread #151008 Message #4199801
Posted By: WillH
26-Mar-24 - 01:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Boulby Mine - chords?
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Boulby Mine - chords?
Hi, I think I've managed to transcribe the chords for Boulby Mine, this is the first time I've done this so do forgive me if any don't sound correct :).
Gm C F
I served me time on Teesside as a welder in the yards.
Bb C F
I did me share and laid the metal down
Bb F Dm
Till the day when Shuffling Billy sadly told me "Get your cards"
Gm Dm C
And I blew me packet at the Rose and Crown.
Gm C F
CHORUS: So pack me duffel, Mary, my old darling.
Bb F Gm
I'm sick of standing waiting in a line.
Bb F
The yards are laying off from here to Tyneside,
Gm C F
So I'm going to try me luck at Boulby Mine.
Gm C F
They told me there's a fortune to be made down on the moors
Gm C F
Where they're digging out the potash by the ton.
Bb F Dm
They're tunnelling like rabbits with their power-driven claws.
Gm Dm C
They'll have tunnelled clear to Poland 'fore they're done.
Gm C F
CHORUS: So pack me duffel, Mary, my old darling.
Bb F Gm
I'm sick of standing waiting in a line.
Bb F
The yards are laying off from here to Tyneside,
Gm C F
So I'm going to try me luck at Boulby Mine.
Gm C F
Me father told me, "Laddie, you must go and learn a trade.
Gm C F
I don't want you lying on your back like me,
Bb Gm F Dm
For the only tools I've mastered are a pick-axe and a spade,
Gm Dm C
But now the mine has got the best of me."
Gm C F
CHORUS: So pack me duffel, Mary, my old darling.
Bb F Gm
I'm sick of standing waiting in a line.
Bb F
The yards are laying off from here to Tyneside,
Gm C F
So I'm going to try me luck at Boulby Mine.
Instrumental
Gm C F Gm C F Bb F Dm Gm C
Gm C F
I'm glad that my poor father never lived to see the day
Gm C F
When I'm working down a hole to earn a pound
Bb F Dm
But me pride will never let me go on welfare for me pay
Gm Dm C
So in the morning I'll be underground.
Gm C F
CHORUS: So pack me duffel, Mary, my old darling.
Bb F Gm
I'm sick of standing waiting in a line.
Bb F
The yards are laying off from here to Tyneside,
Gm C F
So I'm going to try me luck at Boulby Mine.
Sounds okay on my banjo, hopfully they fit for guitair etc - WillH