Chords for U. Utah Phillips - Miner's Lullaby
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[N]
Well now there are some stories that just demand to be turned into songs and this is one of them
long before the area redevelopment when they put in the [Eb] ski resort
it was just a dying old mining town Silver King coalition was the only mind [F] operating then I
Went up there to the town dump
end of town [F] before you go up guardsman's [E] pass to go over down into the [F] homestead I
looking for old bottles or whatever I could find
found was a small tin [Bb] with a belt clip
Well now there are some stories that just demand to be turned into songs and this is one of them
long before the area redevelopment when they put in the [Eb] ski resort
it was just a dying old mining town Silver King coalition was the only mind [F] operating then I
Went up there to the town dump
end of town [F] before you go up guardsman's [E] pass to go over down into the [F] homestead I
looking for old bottles or whatever I could find
found was a small tin [Bb] with a belt clip
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well now there are some stories that just demand to be turned into songs and this is one of them
[B] I was roaming around Park City, Utah
[Bb] Well, that's long before the area redevelopment when they put in the [Eb] ski resort
So it was just a dying old mining town Silver King coalition was the only mind [F] operating then I
_ _ [G] _
_ Went up there to the town dump
It was up there at the end of town [F] before you go up guardsman's [E] pass to go over down into the [F] homestead I
Paw through that stuff looking for old bottles or whatever I could find
[Eb] One of the things I found was a small tin [Bb] with a belt clip
[Ab] Well, I took it around to the bars in [B] town to the Alamo to the mustache [E] and and nobody knew what it was
[Eb] I went down to old Ken Webb who ran [D] the photo store and a kind of a [F] local historian
I said Ken what is this?
He said well, that's a that's a morphine tin.
I said it's a morphine tin
He said yeah a lot of [Bb] these miners _
They didn't want to get [Abm] trapped by [G] a fire or by a flood or injured in a cave-in with [Abm] no chance of being rescued
So some of them would take [E] morphine with them into the mine so that they could [D] leave in a in a painless manner
[E] _ _
And I said well, why didn't they tell me up the street?
Those are [B] miners.
He said well
See a lot of these old miners these immigrant miners that [Abm] came in here.
They were Catholic.
They came from Catholic countries and _
_ _ [F] That's a mortal sin to kill [D] yourself.
So
[B] _ You probably shouldn't even you probably [E] shouldn't even tell that story anywhere
_ [Ab] _ Well, I left town
_ The story haunted me for [Abm] quite a while
I never did have [A] a tune for it
But it's one of those that I passed [D] along to Kate and Jody and yeah, they made a beautiful tune for it
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ _ _ _ Once long [F] ago he [Eb] was handsome and tall _
[Bb] And fit to be called to [F] the war _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] We left [F] our village
_ _ [Eb]
family and all
To never [Bb] _ return _ anymore _ _
_ Now he _ takes his coat [Eb] his bucket and _ lamp [Bb] and whistles
_ away to the [F] cave _ _ _ _
[Bb] Where men young [F] and old from [Eb] all over the camp
_ [Bb]
gather [F] in search [Bb] of _ away _ _ _ _ _ _
Husband [F] sleep lay [Eb] your head back and dream [Bb] a slow falling [F] leaf
Falling down to the stream [Eb] then carried away on [Bb] the wings and more feet _ _
Homeward [F] far over [Bb] the sea
_ _ _ My husband [F] and I [Eb] are Roman in faith
[Bb] And we _ have a secret to _ keep _ _
If [Eb] ever [F] his life
Is [Eb] taken _ away
Then [Bb]
gentle and long will he sleep
_ _ _ Now _ some men _ pass [Eb] with family _ around
_ [Bb] And _ linens and blankets [F] so clean _ _ _
But [Bb] seldom a [F] _ minor [Eb] goes _ underground
_ [Bb] _
without his tin of _ morphine _ _ _ _ _ _
Husband sleep [F] lay [Eb] your head back and dream
a [Bb] slow falling leaf
Falling [F] down to the stream then carried [Eb] away on the wings [Bb] and more feet _ _
Homeward far [F] over [Bb] the sea _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And now there is [F] word [Eb] an _ explosion is heard _
The [Bb] miners are trapped far [F] below
_ _ _ _ [Bb] If any [F] survive
_ _ [Eb] _ Down there alive.
I'm certain [F] we never will [Bb] know _ _ _ _
All
_ _ Families _ the [Eb] _ vainly appeal no [Bb] rescue
can _ [F] be seen
_ _ _ [Bb] Our
For [F] loved [Eb] ones in the darker _ _
Seals now [Bb] _ lives in a tin of morphine _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Husband _ sleep lay [Eb] your head back and dream a [Bb] slow falling leaf
_ [F] Falling down to the stream then [Eb] carried _ away
on [Bb] the wings and more feet
_ _ [F] Homeward far over the [Bb] sea _ _ _ _
_ _ Homeward far [F] over the sea _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well now there are some stories that just demand to be turned into songs and this is one of them
[B] I was roaming around Park City, Utah
[Bb] Well, that's long before the area redevelopment when they put in the [Eb] ski resort
So it was just a dying old mining town Silver King coalition was the only mind [F] operating then I
_ _ [G] _
_ Went up there to the town dump
It was up there at the end of town [F] before you go up guardsman's [E] pass to go over down into the [F] homestead I
Paw through that stuff looking for old bottles or whatever I could find
[Eb] One of the things I found was a small tin [Bb] with a belt clip
[Ab] Well, I took it around to the bars in [B] town to the Alamo to the mustache [E] and and nobody knew what it was
[Eb] I went down to old Ken Webb who ran [D] the photo store and a kind of a [F] local historian
I said Ken what is this?
He said well, that's a that's a morphine tin.
I said it's a morphine tin
He said yeah a lot of [Bb] these miners _
They didn't want to get [Abm] trapped by [G] a fire or by a flood or injured in a cave-in with [Abm] no chance of being rescued
So some of them would take [E] morphine with them into the mine so that they could [D] leave in a in a painless manner
[E] _ _
And I said well, why didn't they tell me up the street?
Those are [B] miners.
He said well
See a lot of these old miners these immigrant miners that [Abm] came in here.
They were Catholic.
They came from Catholic countries and _
_ _ [F] That's a mortal sin to kill [D] yourself.
So
[B] _ You probably shouldn't even you probably [E] shouldn't even tell that story anywhere
_ [Ab] _ Well, I left town
_ The story haunted me for [Abm] quite a while
I never did have [A] a tune for it
But it's one of those that I passed [D] along to Kate and Jody and yeah, they made a beautiful tune for it
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Once long [F] ago he [Eb] was handsome and tall _
[Bb] And fit to be called to [F] the war _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] We left [F] our village
_ _ [Eb]
family and all
To never [Bb] _ return _ anymore _ _
_ Now he _ takes his coat [Eb] his bucket and _ lamp [Bb] and whistles
_ away to the [F] cave _ _ _ _
[Bb] Where men young [F] and old from [Eb] all over the camp
_ [Bb]
gather [F] in search [Bb] of _ away _ _ _ _ _ _
Husband [F] sleep lay [Eb] your head back and dream [Bb] a slow falling [F] leaf
Falling down to the stream [Eb] then carried away on [Bb] the wings and more feet _ _
Homeward [F] far over [Bb] the sea
_ _ _ My husband [F] and I [Eb] are Roman in faith
[Bb] And we _ have a secret to _ keep _ _
If [Eb] ever [F] his life
Is [Eb] taken _ away
Then [Bb]
gentle and long will he sleep
_ _ _ Now _ some men _ pass [Eb] with family _ around
_ [Bb] And _ linens and blankets [F] so clean _ _ _
But [Bb] seldom a [F] _ minor [Eb] goes _ underground
_ [Bb] _
without his tin of _ morphine _ _ _ _ _ _
Husband sleep [F] lay [Eb] your head back and dream
a [Bb] slow falling leaf
Falling [F] down to the stream then carried [Eb] away on the wings [Bb] and more feet _ _
Homeward far [F] over [Bb] the sea _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And now there is [F] word [Eb] an _ explosion is heard _
The [Bb] miners are trapped far [F] below
_ _ _ _ [Bb] If any [F] survive
_ _ [Eb] _ Down there alive.
I'm certain [F] we never will [Bb] know _ _ _ _
All
_ _ Families _ the [Eb] _ vainly appeal no [Bb] rescue
can _ [F] be seen
_ _ _ [Bb] Our
For [F] loved [Eb] ones in the darker _ _
Seals now [Bb] _ lives in a tin of morphine _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Husband _ sleep lay [Eb] your head back and dream a [Bb] slow falling leaf
_ [F] Falling down to the stream then [Eb] carried _ away
on [Bb] the wings and more feet
_ _ [F] Homeward far over the [Bb] sea _ _ _ _
_ _ Homeward far [F] over the sea _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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