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G7M 3x0002 Intro: D
5.15 a.m.
snow laying all around G a collier cycles home from his night shift undergrDound A
past the silent pub
primary school, workingmens club Em on the road from the pithead the churchyard pGacked with mining dDead
then beneath the bridge he comes to a giant car
a shrGoud of snow upon the roof a mark ten jaguDar A
he thought the man was fast asleep
silent, still and deep Em both dead and cold shot thrGough with bullet hDoles G7M
the one armed bandit man
came north to fill his boots D came up from cockneyland e-type jags and flashy suits G7M
put your money in pull the levers
watch them spin D cash cows in all the pubs but he preferred the new nighAtclubs
nineteen sixty-seven
bandit men in birdcage heaven Bm la dolce vita, sixty-nine all nGew to people of the tyne D A
Dwho knows who did what somebody made a call they sGaid his hands
were in the pot
that he’d been skimming hDauls A he picks up the swag they gaily gave away Em
drives his giant jag
off tGo his big pay dDay G7M
the bandit man
came north to fill his boots D came up from cockneyland e-type jags and flashy suits G7M
the bandit man
came up the great north road D up to geordieland
to mine
the mother lode A
A D seams blew up or cracked
black diamonds came hard won G generations toiled and hacked for a pittance and black lDung A
crushed by tub or stone together
and alone Em how the young and old paid the prGice of cDoal A
eighteen sixty-seven
my angel’s gone to heaven Bm he’ll be happy there G sunlight and sweet clean air D A
D they gather round the glass
tough hewers and crutters Bm child trappers and putters the little foals Emand half-maArrows Em
who pushed
and pulled the bAarrows Em the hod boys and the rGolleywaymen D
5.15 a.m.