Tonart: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Leaving my family behind me
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Not knowing what lay ahead
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Waving goodbye, as I left them in tears
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Remembering all we'd said
Verse 2
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I looked to the sky, I offered my prayers
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I asked Him for guidance and strength
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But the simple beliefs
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of a simple man
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Lay in His hands, and on my head
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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I gave everything that they wanted
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But still they wanted more
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We sweat and we toiled
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Good men lost their lives
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I don't think they knew what for
Verse 4
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I gave everything I had
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But they couldn't break my spirit
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My dignity fought back
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Fightback
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Just fightback
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Can you hear me Can you
Verse 5
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see
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Don't you hear me
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Don't you see
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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We worked in gangs for all we were worth
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The young boys pulling
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the wagons
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We were digging the tunnels,
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shifting the earth
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It was then that it happened
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No-one knew
Verse 7
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the cracks appeared
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But as it fell they all
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Stone fell like rain
Verse 8
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Can you hear me
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Can you see
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Don't you hear me
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Can you breathe
Interlude 3
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Verse 9
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The smoke cleared, the dust it settled
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No one knew how many had died
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All around there were
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broken men
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They'd said it was safe,
You could hear the cries,
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you could smell the fear
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But good fortune that day was mine
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And it occurred to me that the
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heart of a good man
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It seems is hard to find
Verse 10
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Can you hear me
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Can you see
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Don't you hear me
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Don't you see
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How
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we worked,
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The devil for our pay
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Through the wind, through the snow
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And through the rain
Verse 11
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Blasting and cutting through Gods
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country like a knife
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Sweat stinging my eyes,
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there has to be a better life
Verse 12
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children's cry
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I can see the tears in their eyes
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Memories of those I've left behind
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Oh just still ringing in my ears
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Will I ever go back again
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Will I ever see her face again
'cause I'll always remem
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ber that night
As they waved goodbye to
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their fathers
Verse 13
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We came from the North
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And we came from the South
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With picks and with spades
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And a new kind of order
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Showing no fear of what lies up ahead
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They'll never see the likes
Interlude 4
of us again
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Verse 14
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Lifting and laying the track
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And the sun burning your back
Verse 15
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children's cry
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I can see the tears in their eyes
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Oh memories of those
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I've left behind
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Still ringing in my ears
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As they waved goodbye
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to their fathers
Verse 16
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the rail,
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we slept under the stars
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Digging in darkness and
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Showing no fear of what lies up ahead
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They'll never see the likes of us again
Interlude 5
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Verse 17
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Can you hear me
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Can you see
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Don't you hear me
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