U2 - The Ballad of Springhill Mining Disaster Chords
Tempo:
89.3 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
B
C#m
C#
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#] Spring Hill mining disaster.
[F#] [F#m]
[E] [F#] [F#m]
[B] [F#] In the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, [C#m] Nova Scotia
[F#m] Down in the dark [B] of the [C#] Cumberland mine
[F#] There's blood [B] on the coal and the [E] miners [A] lie
[F#] In [B] roads that never seen [F#m] sun nor [C#m] [F#] sky
Roads that [B] never [F#] saw [F#m] sun nor sky
[C#]
[G#] In [C#] the [F#m] town [B] of Spring [C#m] Hill you don't sleep easy
[F#m] Often the earth [B] will tremble [C#] and roll
[F#] [F#m] When the earth [B] is [E] restless, miners [A] die
But bone [B] and blood [E] is [F#m] the price of [C#m]
coal
[F#m] Bone [B] and blood is the [F#m] price of [C#] coal
In [F#m] the town [B] of Spring Hill, [F#m] Nova [C#m] Scotia
[F#m] Late in the year [B] of [C#] 88
[F#m] Well the day [B] still [E] comes and the [A] sun still [F#m] shines
But it's dark as [B] a grave in [F#m] the Cumberland mine
It's dark [B] as a grave [F#m] in the Cumberland [C#] mine
[F#] [G#m] Listen to the shouts [C#m] of the black-faced miners
Listen [F#m] to the call [B] of a rescue [C#] team
[F#m] We have [B] no water [E] [A] or no branch
[F#m] So we're living [B] on songs [F#m] and hope [C#m] instead
[F#m] We're living [B] on songs [F#m] and hope instead
[C#] In [C#m] [F#m] the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, [C#m] Nova [F#m] Scotia
Down in the dark [B] of the [C#] Cumberland mine
[F#m] There's blood [B] on the [E] coal and the miners [A] lie
In [B] roads that never [A] saw sun [C#m] nor sky
[F#m]
In roads [B] that never saw [F#m] sun nor [C#] sky
In [F#m] the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, Nova [C#m] [F#m] Scotia
Often the earth [B] will tremble [C#] and roll
[F#m] When the earth [B] is restless, [E] [A] miners die
But [F#m]
[B] blood [F#] is the price [C#m] of coal
[F#m] Bone [B] and blood [F#m] is the price of [C#m] coal
[F#m] Bone [B]
and blood [F#m] is the price of [C#] coal Thank [F#] you
[F#m] [E] [F#m]
[F#] [F#m]
[E] [F#] [F#m]
[B] [F#] In the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, [C#m] Nova Scotia
[F#m] Down in the dark [B] of the [C#] Cumberland mine
[F#] There's blood [B] on the coal and the [E] miners [A] lie
[F#] In [B] roads that never seen [F#m] sun nor [C#m] [F#] sky
Roads that [B] never [F#] saw [F#m] sun nor sky
[C#]
[G#] In [C#] the [F#m] town [B] of Spring [C#m] Hill you don't sleep easy
[F#m] Often the earth [B] will tremble [C#] and roll
[F#] [F#m] When the earth [B] is [E] restless, miners [A] die
But bone [B] and blood [E] is [F#m] the price of [C#m]
coal
[F#m] Bone [B] and blood is the [F#m] price of [C#] coal
In [F#m] the town [B] of Spring Hill, [F#m] Nova [C#m] Scotia
[F#m] Late in the year [B] of [C#] 88
[F#m] Well the day [B] still [E] comes and the [A] sun still [F#m] shines
But it's dark as [B] a grave in [F#m] the Cumberland mine
It's dark [B] as a grave [F#m] in the Cumberland [C#] mine
[F#] [G#m] Listen to the shouts [C#m] of the black-faced miners
Listen [F#m] to the call [B] of a rescue [C#] team
[F#m] We have [B] no water [E] [A] or no branch
[F#m] So we're living [B] on songs [F#m] and hope [C#m] instead
[F#m] We're living [B] on songs [F#m] and hope instead
[C#] In [C#m] [F#m] the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, [C#m] Nova [F#m] Scotia
Down in the dark [B] of the [C#] Cumberland mine
[F#m] There's blood [B] on the [E] coal and the miners [A] lie
In [B] roads that never [A] saw sun [C#m] nor sky
[F#m]
In roads [B] that never saw [F#m] sun nor [C#] sky
In [F#m] the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, Nova [C#m] [F#m] Scotia
Often the earth [B] will tremble [C#] and roll
[F#m] When the earth [B] is restless, [E] [A] miners die
But [F#m]
[B] blood [F#] is the price [C#m] of coal
[F#m] Bone [B] and blood [F#m] is the price of [C#m] coal
[F#m] Bone [B]
and blood [F#m] is the price of [C#] coal Thank [F#] you
[F#m] [E] [F#m]
Key:
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C#m
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[A#] _ Spring Hill mining disaster.
[F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] In the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, [C#m] Nova Scotia
[F#m] Down in the dark [B] of the [C#] Cumberland mine
_ [F#] There's blood [B] on the coal and the [E] miners [A] lie _ _
[F#] In [B] roads that never seen [F#m] sun nor [C#m] [F#] sky
Roads that [B] never [F#] saw [F#m] sun nor sky
[C#] _
[G#] In _ [C#] _ the [F#m] town [B] of Spring [C#m] Hill you don't sleep easy
[F#m] Often the earth [B] will tremble [C#] and roll
_ [F#] [F#m] When the earth [B] is [E] restless, miners [A] _ die
But bone [B] and blood [E] is [F#m] the price of [C#m]
coal
[F#m] Bone [B] and blood is the [F#m] price of [C#] coal
In _ _ [F#m] the town [B] of Spring Hill, [F#m] Nova [C#m] Scotia
[F#m] Late in the year [B] of [C#] 88
_ [F#m] Well the day [B] still [E] comes and the [A] sun still _ [F#m] shines
But it's dark as [B] a grave in [F#m] the Cumberland mine
It's dark [B] as a grave [F#m] in the Cumberland [C#] mine
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] [G#m] Listen to the shouts [C#m] of the black-faced miners
Listen [F#m] to the call [B] of a rescue [C#] team
[F#m] We have [B] no water [E] [A] or no branch
[F#m] So we're living [B] on songs [F#m] and hope [C#m] instead
[F#m] We're living [B] on songs [F#m] and hope instead _
[C#] _ _ In _ [C#m] [F#m] the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, [C#m] Nova [F#m] Scotia
Down in the dark [B] of the [C#] Cumberland _ mine
[F#m] There's blood [B] on the [E] coal and the miners [A] lie _
In [B] roads that never [A] saw sun [C#m] nor sky
[F#m]
In roads [B] that never saw [F#m] sun nor [C#] sky _
In _ _ [F#m] the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, Nova [C#m] _ [F#m] Scotia
Often the earth [B] will tremble [C#] and roll
[F#m] When the earth [B] is restless, [E] [A] miners die
But [F#m] _ _
[B] blood [F#] is the price [C#m] of coal
[F#m] Bone [B] and blood [F#m] is the price of [C#m] coal
[F#m] Bone [B]
and blood [F#m] is the price of [C#] coal Thank _ _ [F#] you
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] In the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, [C#m] Nova Scotia
[F#m] Down in the dark [B] of the [C#] Cumberland mine
_ [F#] There's blood [B] on the coal and the [E] miners [A] lie _ _
[F#] In [B] roads that never seen [F#m] sun nor [C#m] [F#] sky
Roads that [B] never [F#] saw [F#m] sun nor sky
[C#] _
[G#] In _ [C#] _ the [F#m] town [B] of Spring [C#m] Hill you don't sleep easy
[F#m] Often the earth [B] will tremble [C#] and roll
_ [F#] [F#m] When the earth [B] is [E] restless, miners [A] _ die
But bone [B] and blood [E] is [F#m] the price of [C#m]
coal
[F#m] Bone [B] and blood is the [F#m] price of [C#] coal
In _ _ [F#m] the town [B] of Spring Hill, [F#m] Nova [C#m] Scotia
[F#m] Late in the year [B] of [C#] 88
_ [F#m] Well the day [B] still [E] comes and the [A] sun still _ [F#m] shines
But it's dark as [B] a grave in [F#m] the Cumberland mine
It's dark [B] as a grave [F#m] in the Cumberland [C#] mine
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] [G#m] Listen to the shouts [C#m] of the black-faced miners
Listen [F#m] to the call [B] of a rescue [C#] team
[F#m] We have [B] no water [E] [A] or no branch
[F#m] So we're living [B] on songs [F#m] and hope [C#m] instead
[F#m] We're living [B] on songs [F#m] and hope instead _
[C#] _ _ In _ [C#m] [F#m] the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, [C#m] Nova [F#m] Scotia
Down in the dark [B] of the [C#] Cumberland _ mine
[F#m] There's blood [B] on the [E] coal and the miners [A] lie _
In [B] roads that never [A] saw sun [C#m] nor sky
[F#m]
In roads [B] that never saw [F#m] sun nor [C#] sky _
In _ _ [F#m] the town [B] of Spring [F#m] Hill, Nova [C#m] _ [F#m] Scotia
Often the earth [B] will tremble [C#] and roll
[F#m] When the earth [B] is restless, [E] [A] miners die
But [F#m] _ _
[B] blood [F#] is the price [C#m] of coal
[F#m] Bone [B] and blood [F#m] is the price of [C#m] coal
[F#m] Bone [B]
and blood [F#m] is the price of [C#] coal Thank _ _ [F#] you
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _