The Durham Lockout - Alex Campbell Chords
Chords: C, F, Am
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Genre: folk, rock, protest
[Intro]
C F C F C
[Verse]
F C F C
In our Durham County, boys, I am sorry for to say
F C Am
That hunger and starvation are increasing every day
C F C Am
For the want of food and coals, we know not what to do
C F C F C
But with your kind assistance, we will see the struggle through
[Verse]
F C F C
I need not state the reason why we have been brought so low
F C Am
The masters have behaved unkind, as everyone will know
C F C Am
Because we won't lie down, boys, and let them treat us as they like
C F C F C
To punish us they've stopped the pits and caused the present strike
[Verse]
F C F C
The pulley wheels have ceased to move, that once went swift around
F C Am
The horses and the ponies too, all brought from underground
C F C Am
Our work is taken from us now, they care not if we die
C F C F C
For they can eat the best of food and drink the best when dry
[Verse]
F C F C
The miner and his wife too, each morning have to roam
F C Am
To seek for bread to feed their children at home
C F C Am
The flour barrel is empty now, our true and faithful friend
C F C F C
Which makes the thousands wish today, the strike was at an end
[Verse]
F C F C
We have done our very best as honest working men
F C Am
To let the pits commence again, we've offered to them ten
C F C Am
The offer they will not accept, they firmly do demand
C F C F C
Thirteen and a half percent, or let the collieries stand
[Verse]
F C F C
Let them stand or let them lie, do with them as we choose
F C Am
To give them thirteen and a half percent, we ever shall refuse
C F C Am
They're always willing to receive, but not inclined to give
C F C F C
And very soon they won't allow a working man to live
[Verse]
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