A Pound A Week Rise

A Pound A Week Rise Cifra por Liz Carroll & John Doyle The version by Liz Carroll & John Doyle is closer to that of Dick Gaughan and has different chords and lyrics. Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: 1st traste Play this with Capo on 1st fret (with standard tuning) as the original version is in the key of Fm. [Intro] Em D Em D [Verse 1] Em G D Bm Come all you colliers who work down the mines Em G D From Scotland to South Wales, from Teesdale to Tyne Em C D Bm I'll sing you a song of a pound a week rise Em C D Bm And the men who were fooled by the government's lies, and it's [Chorus] Em Down you go, down below, Jack G D Bm Where y'never see the sky, and you're Em D Workin' in a dungeon A Bm Em For a pound a week rise [Verse 2] Em G D Bm Now in nineteen and sixty, just a few years ago Em C D Bm The mineworkers' leaders to Lord Robens did go Em G D Bm "We work very hard and every day we risk our lives Em G D Bm We ask you here and now for a pound a week rise" And it's [Chorus] Em Down you go, down below, Jack G D Bm Where y'never see the sky, and you're Em D Workin' in a dungeon A Bm Em For a pound a week rise [Verse 3] Em C D Bm And it's up spoke Lord Robens he made this decree Em C D Bm "Now when the output rises, then with you I will agree Em G D Bm To raise up all your wages and to give to you fair play Em C D Bm I was once a miner, I worked hard in my day" And it's [Chorus] Em Down you go, down below, Jack G D Bm Where y'never see the sky, and you're Em D Workin' in a dungeon A Bm Em For a pound a week rise [Verse 4] Em G D Bm Those miners they went home, they worked hard and well Em G D Their lungs filled with coal dust in the bosom of hell Em G D The output rose by fifteen, eighteen percent and more Em C D And when two years had passed and gone it rose above a score, and it's [Chorus] Am Bm Down you go, down below, Jack C D Bm Where y'never see the sky, and you're Em D Workin' in a dungeon A Bm Em For a pound a week rise [Solo] Em C G D Bm Em C G D Bm C G D C C G D C A [Verse 5] Em Those miners they went for to get their hard-won prize Em G D Bm To ask Lord Robens for a pound a week rise Em G D Bm Robens wouldn't give a pound he wouldn't give ten bob Em G D Bm He gave 'em seven and six and said "Get back to your job" And it's [Chorus] Am Bm Down you go, down below, Jack C D Bm Where y'never see the sky, and you're Em D Workin' in a dungeon A Bm Em For a pound a week rise [Verse 6] Em So come all you colliers, take heed what I say Em Don't believe the Coal Board when they'll say they'll give fair play Em They'll tell you to work hard to make the output rise C D Am Em You'll get pie in the sky instead of a one pound rise [Chorus] C D And it's Down you go, down below, Jack A Bm Where y'never see the sky, and you're C Workin' in a dungeon D Bm Em For a pound a week rise [Chorus] C D And it's Down you go, down below, Jack A Bm Where y'never see the sky, and you're C Workin' in a dungeon D Bm Em For a pound a week rise [Outro] Em C G D Em C G D C G D C C G D C Em C G D Em C G D C G D C C G D C Am Bm C Bm Am Bm C Bm Am Bm Em