Northern Lights

Posted by admin on 7th September 2010 in Songs and Lyrics

Northern Lights

Words and music by RAW Boswin (Apr 2010)

Key of D 6/8 time 190 BPM

Lyrics and Chords [+]

Intro (Refrain) :

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They say a

C

coal miner’s

G

daughter is a

F

good friend in

C

deed, Cuz’

G/B

her

Am

papa might

F

land you the

C

job that you

G

need. If you

Am

pass his in

F

spection, your

C

ticket he’ll

G

read, Cuz’ every

Am

coal mine is

Am

measured by the

G

lips that it

C

feeds.

F

Am7

G

Now I

C

work in the

G

shop at

F

Wabamum

C

Lake. I’m

G/B

a

Am

nother

Elec

F

trician with

C

Coal-Miners

G

pay. After

Am

fixin’

e

F

quipment for the

C

men in the

G

pit, We’ll head

Am

out to the Gainford and we’ll

G

all drink a

C

bit.

F

Am7

G

LET’S DRINK TO

Am

WIDE OPEN SPACES AND

F

FAMILIAR FACES AND

C

FISHING THROUGH HOLES IN THE

G

ICE.

TOWARDS THE

Am

LAC ST. ANNE MISSION, IT’S THE

F

WHITEWOOD WE’RE FISHING,

TURNING

C

COAL INTO DIAMONDS AND

G

NORTHERN

C

LIGHTS!

F

Am7

G

C

F

Am7

G

Well my

C

father

be

G

fore me and

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his before

C

he,

Stand

G/B

ing

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deep in the

F

hole before

C

turning

fif

G

teen, They were

Am

working for

F

peanuts, and

C

breaking their

G

backs, ’til a

Am

long came the

Am

Sundance and

G

Wabamum’s

C

Stacks.

C

So the

C

next

gener

G

ation

F

new to the

C

game, Built

G/B

these

Am

Generator

F

stations a

C

stones throw a

G

way. And the

Am

drag-lines made

F

mountains of

C

coal

disap

G

pear, We move

Am

more in a week than they

G

could in a year. And the

C

miners keep

G

diggin’, we

F

tend to the

C

riggin’, We

G/B

work

Am

hard but we

F

won’t work for

C

free.

G

We make

Am

Union

de

F

cisions and

C

constant

re

G

visions, So the

Am

Steelworkers deep in the

G

seam, can keep

F

chasing the coalminer’s

C

dream.

CHORUS

With com

C

puters

com

G

passion the

F

schedulers

C

forms, Have

G/B

the

Am7

Laser’s

sur

F

veying the

C

prospectors

G

dorms, And the

Am7

Coal Miners

F

Daughter is

C

pregnant

a

G

gain, While the

Am7

Whitewood’s exhausted in

G

20

C

10.

F

Am7

G

If we’ve

C

learned from the

G

past, no

F

coal mine out

C

lasts,

G/B

The

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son of a

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coalminer’s

C

daughter,

G

Since’ the

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Genesee’s

F

breached , guess we’ll

C

leave Seba

G

Beach… Cuz’ we’ll

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never make blood out of

G

water… And we’ll

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never make coal out of

C

stone.

G/B

And I

Am

married that Coalminer’s

G

Daughter, guess we’re

F

leaving our Wabamum

C

loam.

CHORUS

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