The pitmen poets Chords by Jez Lowe

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[C] We sing our bands to sleep with songs [Gm] that workers may _ _
[Cm] Thrill them with [C] black dust bogeymen when [Gm] day is done _
[C] But [Cm] these ghosts and [F] mighty _ giants are [Gm] no fairy tale _
[C] But [Eb] men that [Bb] walked amongst us once [G] but now they're gone
[Cm] These [Fm] things I know
[Bb] For the pitman [Gm] poets told me so _
_ These things [Ab] I know [Bb] for the pitman [G] poets told me so
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_ _ _ _ jowled, [C] jowled and listened as [Gm] they're hacked and picked
_ _ [Cm] A lifetime [Eb] lit by [Bb] lamplight not by [Gm] sky or sun
[Cm] And through the [Bb] ground beneath our [Gm] feet they're chewed and licked
_ Some [Eb] were swallowed [Bb] with a mighty [Cm] swipe of the earth's own tongue
These [Ab] things I know
[Bb] For the pitman [Gm] poets told me so
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[Bb] For the pitman [Cm] poets told me so
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women [Eb] watched and waited [Gm] ever strong and bold _ _
[Cm] And laughed and [Eb] loved despite [Gm] those many mouths to fear _
[Cm] And damned the [Bb] fat cat masters [G] and the [Gm] lies they told _
[Eb] As they sacrificed [Bb] good men to the [Cm] gods of gain and greed
These [Fm] things I know
[Bb] For the pitman [Gm] poets told me so _
_ These [Ab] things I know
[G] For [Bb] the pitman [Cm] poets told me so
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_ _ And the bully [C]
wheels and white [Gm] machines grew cold and still
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[Eb] Unions lay broken [Gm] by deceit and lies
_ [Cm] Sad eyes were [Bb] left to stare down [Gm] from a pit bull hill
_ [C] But the [Eb] glory of the lives they led [Cm] will never die
These [Fm] things I know
[Bb] For the pitman poets [Gm] told me so
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For the [Bb] pitman [Cm] poets told me so _
_ These [Ab] things I know
[Bb] For the pitman [Gm] poets told me so
_ These [Fm] things I know
[Bb] For the pitman [Cm] poets told me so _
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