Christy Moore – Blantyre Explosion (Guitar)

Capo 5
Key
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Chords

Have included a PRINTABLE VERSION underneath. And although the song is played in Am with the CAPO on the FIFTH FRET that transposes it to Dm, just in case you need to know. INTRO: Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em
     Am             G            C         Em     Em
 By Clyde's bonny banks,  As I slowly did wander

  C             D               Em          Am    Am
 Among the pit heaps,  As the evening grew nigh

    Am            G            C                Em     Em
 I spied a young woman,  All dressed in black mourning

   C           D             Em      Am    Am
 Weeping and wailing,   With many a sigh

     Am         G               C         Em       Em
 I stepped up beside her,  And gently addressed her

          Am           G                C            Em    Em
 Would it help you to talk,  About the cause of your pain

  Am           G           C            Em      Em
 Weeping and wailing,  At last she did answer

         C            D            Em          Am    Am
 Johnny Murphy, Kind sir,   Is my true lovers name

        Am            G             C              Em     Em
 Twenty-one years of age,  Full of youth and good lookin'

     C             D              Em          Am     Am
 To work down the mine,  Of High Blantyre he came

      Am           G               C           Em      Em
 Our wedding was fixed,  All the guests were invited

       C              D           Em         Am    Am
 That calm summers' evening,  My Johnny was slain

        Am          G              C          Em      Em
 The explosion was heard,  By the women and children

      Am            G            C         Em      Em
 With pale anxious faces,  They ran to the mine

          Am             G               C                Em     Em
 When the news was made known,  All the hills rang with mourning

         C          D              Em          Am    Am
 Three hundred and ten,  Scottish miners were slain

   Am           G              C              Em      Em
 Mothers and daughters,  And sweethearts and lovers

       Am        G              C     Em    Em
 The Blantyre explosion,  Will never forget

 Am            G             C           Em    Em
 All you good people,  That hear my sad story

    C           D          Em           Am    Am
 Remember the miners,  Who lie at their rest
OUTRO: Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am =================================================================== PRINTABLE VERSION =================================================================== BLANTYRE EXPLOSION CAPO 5th FRET INTRO: Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em
         Am                     G                    C                Em      Em
  By Clyde's bonny banks,  As I slowly did wander

      C                       D                       Em                Am    Am
  Among the pit heaps,  As the evening grew nigh

       Am                     G                    C                          Em        Em
  I spied a young woman,  All dressed in black mourning

        C                   D                     Em       Am    Am
  Weeping and wailing,   With many a sigh

         Am               G                          C            Em             Em
  I stepped up beside her,  And gently addressed her

                 Am                G                            C                   Em      Em
  Would it help you to talk,  About the cause of your pain

      Am                   G               C                    Em      Em
  Weeping and wailing,  At last she did answer

                    C                  D                    Em                Am      Am
  Johnny Murphy, Kind sir,   Is my true lovers name

                 Am                   G                     C                       Em      Em
  Twenty-one years of age,  Full of youth and good lookin'

           C                        D                         Em             Am      Am
  To work down the mine,  Of High Blantyre he came

              Am                 G                       C                  Em       Em
  Our wedding was fixed,  All the guests were invited

              C                           D                   Em             Am    Am
  That calm summers' evening,  My Johnny was slain

               Am                   G                         C                 Em      Em
  The explosion was heard,  By the women and children

           Am                    G                   C               Em      Em
  With pale anxious faces,  They ran to the mine

                     Am                           G                      C                         Em       Em
  When the news was made known,  All the hills rang with mourning

                    C                D                        Em               Am     Am
  Three hundred and ten,   Scottish miners were slain

       Am                   G                        C                         Em      Em
  Mothers and daughters,  And sweethearts and lovers

              Am              G                    C       Em     Em
  The Blantyre explosion,  Will never forget

 Am                      G                    C                   Em     Em
  All you good people,  That hear my sad story

          C                     D                Em               Am       Am
  Remember the miners,  Who lie at their rest
OUTRO: Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em Am