In The Spinning Mill

[Intro ] G C G D G C D G [Verso 1] G C G D When I was twelve years old, my mother walked me round the hill G C G D G To work all day beside her in that Charleston cotton mill C G D There were so many mouths to feed and so much bread to win G C G D G I will never know, I will never know what childhood might have been [Refrão] G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill G D I've worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill G D G Ive worked my life away Interlude G C G D G C D G G [Verso 2] C G D Just a few years later, I was working at my loom G C G D G When the handsome boss from the office walked into the spinning room G C G D His blue eyes looked me over, his fingers brushed my shirt G C G D G He said, "If you will go with me, you'll never want for work" [Refrão] G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill Em D I've worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill G D G Ive worked my life away Interlude G C G D G C D G G [Verso 3] C G D Though my answer angered him, he never said a word G C G D G But he took me off the first shift and he put me on the third G C G D Where the hours worked grew harder while the money made grew thin G C G D G I will never know, I will never know the way things might have been [Refrão] G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill Em D I've worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill G D G Ive worked my life away Interlude G C Em D G C D G G [Verso 4] G C G D So heres to all the bosses that live upon the hill G C G D G And here's to all the young girls that work in the spinning mill G C G D Heres to all the promises that run so hot and cold G C G D G In the corners of the spinning mill where love is bought and sold [Refrão] G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill Em D I've worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill G D G Ive worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill Em D I've worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill G D G Ive worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill Em D I've worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill G D G Ive worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill Em D I've worked my life away G C In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill G D G Ive worked my life away