Chords for Duw, It's Hard by Max Boyce

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ In _ _ our little _ valley, [Bb] they've closed the [F] colliery down _
And the pitted bus is a _ [C] supermarket now _
_ _ Empty [F] _ _
journeys red with rust, _ [Bb] roll to rest _ [F] amidst the dust
_ But the pitted bus [C] is a _ supermarket [F] _
now _ _ _
Cos [Bb] it's hard, _ _ dear, it's [F] hard _ _ _ _ It's harder than [Fm] they will ever [C] _ know _ _
_ [F] And it's they must take the blame For [Bb] the price of coal is the [F] same
_ _ But the pitted bus [C] is a _ supermarket [F]
now _ _ _ _ _
They came down here from England _ _ [Bb] Because our output's low _
Briefcases full of _ backlogs [C] That have never been below
_ _ _ And [F] they'll close the valley's oldest mine Pretending that they're sad
But don't you worry, Bunty Bach [C] We're really [F] very glad
Cos it's hard, _ _ dear, it's _ hard _ _ _ _ It's harder _ than they will ever [C] know _
_ _ And [F] it's they must take the blame [Bb] For the price of coal [F] is the same
_ But the pitted bus [C] is a supermarket [F] now
_ _ _ My _ _ clean-cloth locker's empty now [Bb] I've thrown away [F] the key _
And I've sold my boots and muffler And [C] my lamp-check _ 153 _ _ _ _
But [Fm] I can't [F] forget the times we've had [Bb] The laughing _ [F] amidst the fear _
Cos every time I cough I get [C] a mining _ _
[F] souvenir
Cos [Bb] it's hard, _ _ dear, [F] it's hard _ _ _ _ It's harder _ than they will ever [C] know
_ _ _ _ And [F] it's they must take the blame [Bb] For the price of [F] coal is the same
But the pitted bus [C] is a supermarket [F] now _ _ _ _
_ I took my old helmet _ home with [Bb] me Filled it [F] full of earth
And I planted little flowers there [C] They grew for all their _ worth _ _
_ [Fm] And it's hanging [F] in the glass of snow [Bb] A living _ _ [F] memory _ _
Reminding me they could've grown [C] In vases over me
Cos [Bb] it's hard, _ _ _ [F] dear, it's _ hard _ _ _ _ It's harder than they will [C] ever know
_ _ _ And [F] it's they must take the blame _ [Bb] For the price of coal [F] is the same
But the pitted bus [C] is a supermarket _
[F] now
_ But _ _ _ I know the local _ magistrate [Bb] He's got a job [F] for me
Though it's only counting buttons In [C] the local factory _ _ _ _ _
[F] We get coffee breaks and coffee bricks Coffee _ breaks and tea
_ And now I know those dusty mines [C] Have seen the [F] last of me
Cos it's hard, _ _ dear, it's _ hard _ _ _ _ It's harder than they will ever [C] know _
_ _ And if Ham was underground _ [Bb] Would it be twelfth of [F] the pound?
_ The pitted bus [C] is a supermarket [F] _
now _ _ _ _
_ Ay, the pitted _ [Fm] bus is a [Db] _ _ supermarket _ [C]
now
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