Chords for The Pitmen Poets

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