A Miners Life Chords
by Solas
A Miners Life by Solas is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb, C, Am, Dm and Dm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
F Bb F Bb C Am Bb C F Bb F C
Verse
F
A miner's life is like a sailor
Bb C
Aboard a ship to cross the waves
F Dm
Every day his life's in danger
Bb C
Many ventures being brave
Verse
F
Watch the rocks, they're falling daily
Bb C
Careless miners always fail
F Dm
Keep your hand upon your wages
Bb C
And your eye upon the scale
Bb Am
Union miners, stand together
F C
Do not heed the Coal Board's tale
F Dm7
Keep your hand upon your wages
F C F C
And your eye upon the scale
Verse
F
You've been docked and docked again, boys
Bb C
You've been loading three for one
F Dm
Oh, what's the use in all your working
Bb C
When your mining days are done?
Verse
Am F
Worn out shoes and worn out miners
Bb C
Blackened lungs and faces pale
F Dm
Oh, keep your hand upon your wages
Bb C
And your eye upon the scale
Bb Am
Union miners, stand together
F C
Do not heed the Coal Board's tale
F Dm7
Keep your hand upon your wages
F C F C
And your eye upon the scale
Instrumental
F Bb F Bb C Am Bb C F Bb F C
Verse
F
In conclusion, bear in memory
Bb C
Keep this password in your mind
F Dm
Worker's strength cannot be broken
Bb C
When unions be combined
Verse
Am F
Stand up tall and stand together
Bb C
Victory for you prevail
F Dm
Oh, keep your hands upon your wages
Bb C
And your eye upon the scale
Bb Am
Union miners, stand together
F C
Do not heed the Coal Board's tale
F Dm7
Keep your hand upon your wages
F C F C
And your eye upon the scale
Bb Am
Union miners, stand together
F C
Do not heed the Coal Board's tale
F Dm7
Keep your hand upon your wages
F C F C
And your eye upon the scale
Outro
F Bb F Bb C Am Bb C F Bb F C