Hillcrest Mine

CAPO: 4th Fret 


Intro: D  A  D  A  D  A  D  A  G  D  A  G  D   


Down in the mines of the Crowsnest Pass 
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It's the men that die in labour 
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Sweating coal from the womb of the pit 
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It's the smell of life they savour 
    D 
And in that mine, young man, you'll find 
                   A 
A wealth of broken dreams 
   G                       D 
As long and as dark and as black and as wide 
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As the coal in The Hillcrest seam 



                       D 
And they say you don't go (say you don't go) 
                 G                     D 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 
                       A 
And they say you don't go 
                 D                     A 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 
            D         A 
'Cause it's one short step 
          G                  D 
You might leave this world behind 
                       A 
And they say you don't go  
                 G                     A  D 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 



I've heard it whispered in the light of dawn 
                        A 
That mountain sometimes moves 
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That bodes ill for the morning shift 
        A                      G 
And you know what you're gonna lose 
      D 
Don't go my son where the deep coal runs 
                                  A 
Turn your back to the mine on the hill 
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'Cause if the dust and the dark and the gas don't getcha 
         A                    G 
Then the goons and the bosses will 



                       D 
And they say you don't go (say you don't go) 
                 G                     D 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 
                       A 
And they say you don't go 
                 G                     A 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 
            D         A 
'Cause it's one short step 
          G                  D 
You might leave this world behind 
                       A 
And they say you don't go  
                 G                     A  D 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 


Instrumental:  



Well son, I'm gonna open up 
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I'm gonna have my say 
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You'll get no peace from the Hillcrest Mine 
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'Cept the peace of any early grave 
D 
Go out and work for the workers' rights 
                         A 
Go work for the workers' needs 
      G                 D 
Don't stay down here to toil for your buck 
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To be a tool for the owner's greed 


 
                       D 
And they say you don't go (say you don't go) 
                 G                     D 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 
                       A 
And they say you don't go 
                 G                     A 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 
            D         A 
'Cause it's one short step 
          G                  D 
You might leave this world behind 
                       A 
And they say you don't go  
                 G                     A  D 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 


                       D 
And they say you don't go (say you don't go) 
                 G                     D 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 
                       A 
And they say you don't go 
                 G                     A 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine 
            D         A 
'Cause it's one short step 
          G                  D 
You might leave this world behind 
                       A 
And they say you don't go  
                 G                     A  D 
Say you don't go down in the Hillcrest Mine