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Intro:
E--1--1--1-0-0-1-|--1--0--3-3-0-|--1--1--1-0-0-1-|--1--0--3-3-0--|
B--3--3--1-1-1-3-|--3--1--1-1-1-|--3--3--1-1-1-3-|--3--1--1-1-1--|
Verse:
Dm F Dm G Dm Am F C
Hey hey hey hey There'll be food on the table tonight
Dm F Dm G Dm Am
Hey hey hey hey There'll be pay in your pocket tonight
G C Am
My gut is wrenched out it is crunched up and broken
C Am
My life that is lived is no more than token
F G Am
Who'll strike the flint up on the stone and tell me why
Bdim C Am
If I yell out at night there's a reply of blue silence
C Am
The Screen is no comfort I can't speak my sentence
F G Am
They blew the lights at heaven's gate and I don't know why
Chorus:
Am Dm F Dm G
But if I work all day on the blue sky mine
G Dm Am F C
There'll be food on the table to night
C Dm F Dm G
Still I walk up and down on the blue sky mine
G Dm Am F G
There'lll be pay in your pocket tonight
Verse:
C Am
The candy store pauupers lie to share holders
C Am
They're crossing their fingers they pay the truth makers
F G Am
The balance sheet is breaking up the sky
Bdim C Am
So I'm caught at junction still waiting for medicine
C Am
The sweat of my brow keeps on feeding the engine
F G Am
Hope the crumbs in my pcket can keep me for another night
Bridge:
Am Bb/E Dm G
And if the blue sky mining company won't come to my rescue
G Bb/E Dm G
If the sugar refinning company won't save me
F Bb C
Who's gonna save me
Am C
Who's gonna save me
Am C
Who's gonna save me
Chorus:
C Dm F Dm G
But if I work all day on the blue sky mine
G Dm Am F
There'll be food on the table to night
C Dm F Dm G
And is I walk up and down on the blue sky mine
G Dm Am F
There'll be pay in your pocket tonight
C Dm F Dm G
And some have sailed from a distant shore
G Dm Am F C
And the company takes what the company wants
Dm F Dm G Dm Am F G
And nothing as precious as the hole in the ground
Solo:
E-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-----------------------|-----1--1--1---5---|
G--0---0-0-0-0---2--|-------0--0-0-0-0---2--|-----0--2--2-------|
D--2---2-0-2-0---2--|-------2--2-0-2-0---2--|---3---------------|
A----------------0--|----3---------------0--|-------------------|
E-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
E-------------------|-----------------------|
B-------------------|-----------------------|
G-------------------|---2--0----------------|
D--------0----------|----------2---0--------|
A--2--3------0------|--------------------3--|
E-------------------|-----------------------|
F Bb C
Who's gonna save me
Am C
Who's gonna save me
Am F G
I pray that sense and reason
G C
Who's gonna save me
Am C
Who's gonna save me
Am F G
We go nothing to fear
C Am
In the end the rain comes down
C Am
In the end the rain comes down
F G C
Washes clean the streets of the blue sky town
How to play Subject
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.