Chords for Black Irish Band- Eight Irish Workers
Tempo:
104.75 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Am
F
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am]
[F] [G]
[Em] [Am]
[C] [D]
I [A] drank their bitter [Em] coffee, laid the whiskey [D] down, more [A] time for [Em] celebrating.
[C] When they hit [D] Hellstown, [F] Fred Tratton made a [Em] promise, and old Crocker made the claim.
[Am] With my [Em] railroad workers, [F] ten miles in [G] a day.
[Am] Eight [F] Irish workers, [C] chosen for [G] the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of track they laid.
[Em] From the chill [Am] of morning, [Em] into the barren [Am] sun, [F] raising key [Em] features, [F] to them the price [G] was one.
[Em] [Am]
[C] [D]
[A] Workers [Em] by the hundreds, [C] filled the desert [D] land, [A] railcars [Em] fully loaded.
I wave the [D] Irish hand, [Dm] foreman cries [Em] another, [F] the handlers grand [Em] batons, [Am] the Irish come [Em] a dancing, [F] to their [G] favorite song.
[Am] Eight [F] Irish workers, [C] chosen [G] for the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of [G] track they laid.
[Em] From the [Am] chill of morning, [Em] into the [Am] barren sun, [F] raising [Em] key features, [F] to them the [G] price was one.
[Bb] Five hundred [Am] pounds were offered, [Bb] each time a [Am] rail was laid, [Gm] with their [Am] backs a breaking, [Gm] three thousand [C] times a day.
[Am] [F] [C]
[G] [Am] [F] [A]
[G] [Em] [Am] [Em]
[Am] [F] [Em] [F]
[G] [Em]
[Am] [F]
[G] [Em] [G]
[Am] [C]
[D]
[A] Names like [Em] Daly, Sullivan, [C] up the [D] Irish crew, [A] given four [Em] days wages, [C] for the hell they'd [D] been through.
[F] No celebrated [Em] glory, [F] or wealthly [Em] endearments, [Am] lost out [Em] in the desert, [F] with the [G] other men.
[Am] Eight [F] Irish [C] workers, chosen [G] for the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of [G] track they [Em] laid.
From the [Am] chill of morning, [Em] into the [Am] barren sun, raising [Em] key features, [F] to them the [G] price was one.
[Am] [F]
[G]
[F] [G]
[Em] [Am]
[C] [D]
I [A] drank their bitter [Em] coffee, laid the whiskey [D] down, more [A] time for [Em] celebrating.
[C] When they hit [D] Hellstown, [F] Fred Tratton made a [Em] promise, and old Crocker made the claim.
[Am] With my [Em] railroad workers, [F] ten miles in [G] a day.
[Am] Eight [F] Irish workers, [C] chosen for [G] the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of track they laid.
[Em] From the chill [Am] of morning, [Em] into the barren [Am] sun, [F] raising key [Em] features, [F] to them the price [G] was one.
[Em] [Am]
[C] [D]
[A] Workers [Em] by the hundreds, [C] filled the desert [D] land, [A] railcars [Em] fully loaded.
I wave the [D] Irish hand, [Dm] foreman cries [Em] another, [F] the handlers grand [Em] batons, [Am] the Irish come [Em] a dancing, [F] to their [G] favorite song.
[Am] Eight [F] Irish workers, [C] chosen [G] for the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of [G] track they laid.
[Em] From the [Am] chill of morning, [Em] into the [Am] barren sun, [F] raising [Em] key features, [F] to them the [G] price was one.
[Bb] Five hundred [Am] pounds were offered, [Bb] each time a [Am] rail was laid, [Gm] with their [Am] backs a breaking, [Gm] three thousand [C] times a day.
[Am] [F] [C]
[G] [Am] [F] [A]
[G] [Em] [Am] [Em]
[Am] [F] [Em] [F]
[G] [Em]
[Am] [F]
[G] [Em] [G]
[Am] [C]
[D]
[A] Names like [Em] Daly, Sullivan, [C] up the [D] Irish crew, [A] given four [Em] days wages, [C] for the hell they'd [D] been through.
[F] No celebrated [Em] glory, [F] or wealthly [Em] endearments, [Am] lost out [Em] in the desert, [F] with the [G] other men.
[Am] Eight [F] Irish [C] workers, chosen [G] for the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of [G] track they [Em] laid.
From the [Am] chill of morning, [Em] into the [Am] barren sun, raising [Em] key features, [F] to them the [G] price was one.
[Am] [F]
[G]
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_ _ I [A] drank their bitter [Em] coffee, laid the whiskey [D] down, more [A] time for [Em] celebrating.
[C] When they hit [D] Hellstown, [F] Fred Tratton made a [Em] promise, and old Crocker made the claim.
[Am] With my [Em] railroad workers, [F] ten miles in [G] a day.
_ [Am] Eight [F] Irish workers, [C] chosen for [G] the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of track they laid.
[Em] From the chill [Am] of morning, [Em] into the barren [Am] sun, [F] raising key [Em] features, [F] to them the price [G] was one. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Workers [Em] by the hundreds, [C] filled the desert [D] land, [A] railcars [Em] fully loaded.
I wave the [D] Irish hand, [Dm] foreman cries [Em] another, [F] the handlers grand [Em] batons, [Am] the Irish come [Em] a dancing, [F] to their [G] favorite song.
_ [Am] Eight [F] Irish workers, [C] chosen [G] for the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of [G] track they laid.
[Em] From the [Am] chill of morning, [Em] into the [Am] barren sun, [F] raising [Em] key features, [F] to them the [G] price was one.
[Bb] Five hundred [Am] pounds were offered, [Bb] each time a [Am] rail was laid, [Gm] with their [Am] backs a breaking, [Gm] three thousand [C] times a day.
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[A] Names like [Em] Daly, Sullivan, [C] up the [D] Irish crew, [A] given four [Em] days wages, [C] for the hell they'd [D] been through.
[F] No celebrated [Em] glory, [F] or wealthly [Em] endearments, [Am] lost out [Em] in the desert, [F] with the [G] other _ men.
[Am] Eight [F] Irish [C] workers, chosen [G] for the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of [G] track they [Em] laid.
From the [Am] chill of morning, [Em] into the [Am] barren sun, raising [Em] key features, [F] to them the [G] price was one. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ I [A] drank their bitter [Em] coffee, laid the whiskey [D] down, more [A] time for [Em] celebrating.
[C] When they hit [D] Hellstown, [F] Fred Tratton made a [Em] promise, and old Crocker made the claim.
[Am] With my [Em] railroad workers, [F] ten miles in [G] a day.
_ [Am] Eight [F] Irish workers, [C] chosen for [G] the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of track they laid.
[Em] From the chill [Am] of morning, [Em] into the barren [Am] sun, [F] raising key [Em] features, [F] to them the price [G] was one. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Workers [Em] by the hundreds, [C] filled the desert [D] land, [A] railcars [Em] fully loaded.
I wave the [D] Irish hand, [Dm] foreman cries [Em] another, [F] the handlers grand [Em] batons, [Am] the Irish come [Em] a dancing, [F] to their [G] favorite song.
_ [Am] Eight [F] Irish workers, [C] chosen [G] for the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of [G] track they laid.
[Em] From the [Am] chill of morning, [Em] into the [Am] barren sun, [F] raising [Em] key features, [F] to them the [G] price was one.
[Bb] Five hundred [Am] pounds were offered, [Bb] each time a [Am] rail was laid, [Gm] with their [Am] backs a breaking, [Gm] three thousand [C] times a day.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Names like [Em] Daly, Sullivan, [C] up the [D] Irish crew, [A] given four [Em] days wages, [C] for the hell they'd [D] been through.
[F] No celebrated [Em] glory, [F] or wealthly [Em] endearments, [Am] lost out [Em] in the desert, [F] with the [G] other _ men.
[Am] Eight [F] Irish [C] workers, chosen [G] for the day.
[Am] With the [F] Chinese labor, [C] ten miles of [G] track they [Em] laid.
From the [Am] chill of morning, [Em] into the [Am] barren sun, raising [Em] key features, [F] to them the [G] price was one. _ _ _ _ _ _
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