Intro: D   D7   D   C  G  D   C   D   C   D 
verse 1 
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If the school bell had rung 
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Would it have rung a death knell? 
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Now the dark day has gone 
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And there isn't any bell 
 
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In the flower of their youth 
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How were they to know? 
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And now there's so few left 
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And not all the flowers grow 
verse 2 
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Just think how you would feel 
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Had one been a child of yours 
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And you look out every day 
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And still see the coal seam sores 
 
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In the flower of their youth 
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How were they to know? 
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And now there's so few left 
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And not all the flowers grow 
verse 3 
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To remind you of that day 
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Just you look out in the rain 
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And although some children p1ay 
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It will never be the same 
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In the flower of their youth 
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How were they to know? 
    D                        C  
And now there's so few left 
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And not all the flowers grow 
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And now there's so few left 
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And not all the flowers grow