Original key: Bb
[Intro]
Am Em D C (x2)
[Verse 1]
Am Em D C
The call of the ore stretched the lengths of the plains
Am Em D C
And drew all the men to the iron ore range
Am Em D C
And from the windows I would watch
Am Em D C
Them gain in white and lose in black
[Chorus]
Em Am Em
Here in the dark no need to be scared
D C Am
‘Cause I will be your guiding hand
[Instrumental]
Am Em D C (x2)
[Verse 2]
Am Em D C
And in the shafts when they wouldn’t come back
Am Em D C
Cold red faces dressed in black
Am Em D C
Their dormant lips had sealed their fate
Am Em D C
Without a warning they knew too late
[Chorus]
Em Am Em
Here in the dark no need to be scared
D C Am
‘Cause I will be your guiding hand
[Bridge]
D
Scorched throats sang funeral songs
Am D
And asked why they had been undone
Am D Am
Until canary like the sun came down down down
Into the mines
[Instrumental]
Am Em D C (x4)
[Verse 3]
Am Em D C
Now trees and leaves grow through the floors
Am Em D C
And in the mines there rots the ore
Am Em D C
And for those who never came back
Am Em D C
Canary sings for those dressed in black
[Chorus]
Em Am Em
Here in the dark no need to be scared
D C Am
‘Cause I will be your guiding hand