Sting – We Work The Black Seam (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Am
This place has changed for good

Am               G            Am
Your economic theory said it would

Am                     G
It's hard for us to understand

Am                    G                Am
We can't give up our jobs the way we should
[Verse 2]
Am
Our blood has stained the coal

Am                 G                 Am
We tunneled deep inside the nations soul

Am                    G
We matter more than pounds and pence

Am              G              Am
Your economic theory makes no sense
[Chorus]
F               C
One day in a nuclear age

G               Am
They may understand our rage

       F                       C
They build machines that they can't control

     G                   Fmaj7
And bury the waste in a great big hole

F                 C
Power was to be cheap and clean

G                 Am
Grimy faces were never seen

F                        C
But deadly for twelve thousand years

     G       Am
Is carbon fourteen

    G                    Am
We work the black seam together

    G                    Am
We work the black seam together
[Verse 3]
Am
The seam lies underground

Am                        G                Am
Three million years of pressure packed it down

Am                        G
We walk through ancient forest lands

Am                      G             Am
And light a thousand cities with our hands
[Verse 4]
Am
Your dark satanic mills

Am                   G               Am
Have made redundant all our mining skills

Am                    G
You can't exchange a six inch band

Am                      G           Am
For all the poisoned streams in Cumberland
[Chorus]
F               C
One day in a nuclear age

G               Am
They may understand our rage

       F                       C
They build machines that they can't control

     G                   Fmaj7
And bury the waste in a great big hole

F                 C
Power was to be cheap and clean

G                 Am
Grimy faces were never seen

F                        C
But deadly for twelve thousand years

     G       Am
Is carbon fourteen

    G                    Am
We work the black seam together

    G                    Am
We work the black seam together
[Verse 5]
Am
And should the children weep

Am                       G                  Am
The turning world will sing their souls to sleep

Am                     G
When you have sunk without a trace

Am                  G           Am
The universe will suck me into place
[Chorus]
F               C
One day in a nuclear age

G               Am
They may understand our rage

       F                       C
They build machines that they can't control

     G                   Fmaj7
And bury the waste in a great big hole

F                 C
Power was to be cheap and clean

G                 Am
Grimy faces were never seen

F                        C
But deadly for twelve thousand years

     G       Am
Is carbon fourteen

    G                    Am
We work the black seam together

    G                    Am
We work the black seam together