Chords for The Ballad of Andy Jacobs (Live)

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[D] Andy Jacobs drifted in [A] and [E] settled down into his [F#m] favorite chair
_ _ _ [D] He let his mind wander for a while _ _ _
She watched his eyes on focus _
[E] Seeing things she [A] didn't know [F#m] were there
_ [D] But she caught her eye and broke into a smile
and [F#m] he [E] said
[A] Cassie love we [D]
decided
_ _ [E] Cassie _ _ [A]
love I'm [D] not [E] sure I chose [F#] the right side
_ [A] But tomorrow [D] I'll be [F#] standing [E] on the line _
_ Well Cassie [D] took his hand and hers and [C#m] said
I've never seen your face look [F#m] so _ pale _
[D] It reminds me of the first time we met
_ _ You were standing [A] at the bar and you look nervous _
And I thought that you'd [F#m] be sick _ _
_ [D] But we laughed together till last orders _ ran
_ [F#m] And you [E] _ said
Cassie [A] love [D] I've decided
_ _ [E] Cassie _ [A]
love you're [D] the one [E] I'm
to [F#] be
_ _ And [A] _ soon [D] you'll be standing [F#m] by [E] my side _
I'll make [F#m] you my bride [D] in this fine month of April
_ _ [A] For [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] 15 years.
I've worked down there [E] and I'm not afraid to leave without [F#m] a fight
_ _ But [D] I'm sure this I'll be over in a week
_ _ from the cenotaph
Tomorrow [A] we will march and let them see just [F#m] how we're feeling
_ We'll [D] let them know we're not afraid to strike _ _ _
[E] _ _ Cassie [A] love it might [D] be hard
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] Cassie love with kids [D] to feed
[E] _ No [F#] money _ saved
[A] But at least I'm standing [D] for [F#] what I [E] believe in _
_ _ Cassie [D] took his hand and [A] hers and [E] said
I'll stand beside you [F#m] all
_ way _
Just [D] promise me you won't cause any trouble
_ _ _ As the month got [A] underway and [E] he started _
Coming _ [F#m] home much less
The [D] kids almost forgot what he looked like
_ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _
[A] Cassie love I thought [D] you understood _ _
[E] Cassie _ _ [A] love we're [D] fighting for [E] _ [F#] way
_ And _ [A] I have to [D] help the lads [F#] out on [E] the line
They'll not make [F#m] me fool
in [D] this fine month of April
_ [A] _ [E] Just _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] to raise a little [A] cash
And he went back
[C#m] to the only [F#m] thing he knew
_ _ _ [D] Illegal, but he saw no other way _ _
Digging coal from the backs [A] of the [E] train tracks [C#m] and selling [F#m] it on
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Digging in the dark so no one saw _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] Cassie love I've let [D] you down
_ _ _ [E] _ Cassie [A] love this [D] hasn't gone [E] the way [F#] I
_ _ _ I [A] never thought that [D] I'd be [F#m] living off [E] the land
_ _ And then [D] one evening he went down [A] to find [E] some kids had set the signal [F#m] box alight
He _
_ [D] watched as it was raised to the ground
_ But the scene below caught [A] fire and [E] Andy's coal burned
just out [F#m] of sight
_ _ [D] He hid _ and watched the flames grow _ higher _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ [A] Cassie love the [D] smoke kept rising
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[A] Cassie love it was [D] like [E] watching _ [F#] my
hopes and fears
[A] I'm afraid I [D] won't [F#] rebuild them
[E] for many years
_ Maybe [F#m] I'm a fool [D] in this fine month [E] of April
_ _ Maybe I'm [F#m] a fool to [D] put you off the road
[E] _ _ Perhaps _ to _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ my [Em] conscience _ _
Maybe [D] I'm a fool
_ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] Maybe [F#m]
I'm a fool _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Am] [F] Of all the songs on the album the ballad of Andy [A] Jacobs is the most personal to me
I was brought up in a small mining village called Doddus [F] just outside Danzig
And I was about 10 at the time of the miners [C#] strike
And I [G#] have really vivid [G] memories of that time
_ _ [C#] And I felt moved to put those memories into a song because as I've grown up
and become a wife and a mother I've really
_ _ [A#]
Viewed those times of very different eyes
It's really made [C#] me _ appreciate
[G#] What a difficult time my community went through _ _ _ _ _ _