Biografia:
Ewan MacColl (born James Henry Miller in Salford, Lancashire, on 25 January 1915; died 22 October 1989) is recognised as the father of the British folk revival. The writer of classics such as "Dirty Old Town" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (which won him a Grammy in 1972), MacColl partnered Peggy Seeger and was father to musicians Kirsty MacColl, Neill MacColl and Calum MacColl, and grandfather to Bombay Bicycle Club's Jamie MacColl.
Innovative and inspiring, both collecting traditional songs, as well as writing new ones.
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[Verse 1]
Am D E7 Am
Out of the dirt and darkness I was born, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Out of the hard black coalface I was torn, go down!
C
Kicked on the world and the earth split open
E7 Am G Am
Crawled through a crack where the rock was broken
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Burrowed a hole, away in the coal, go down!
[Verse 2]
Am D E7 Am
In a cradle of coal in the darkness I was laid, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Down in the dirt and darkness I was raised, go down!
C
Cut me teeth on a five-foot timber
E7 Am G Am
Held up the roof with my little finger
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Started me time away in the mine, go down!
[Verse 3]
Am D E7 Am
On the day that I was born I was six feet tall, go down!
Am Em Am E7
And the very next day I learned the way to haul, go down!
C
On the third day worked at board and piller
E7 Am G Am
Worked on the fourth as a long-wall filler
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Getting me steam up, hewing the seam, go down!
[Verse 4]
Am D E7 Am
I'm the son of the son of the son of a collier's son, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Coal dust runs in the veins where the blood should run, go down!
C
Five steel ribs and an iron backbone
E7 Am G Am
Teeth that can bite through rock and blackstone
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Working me time, away in the mine, go down!
[Verse 5]
Am D E7 Am
Three hundred years I hewed at the coal by hand, go down!
Am Em Am E7
In the pits of Durham and East Northumberland, go down!
C
Been gassed and burned and blown asunder
E7 Am G Am
Buried more times than I can number
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Getting the coal, away in the hole, go down!
[Verse 6]
Am D E7 Am
I've scrabbled and picked at the face where the roof was low, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Crawled in the seams where only a mole could go, go down!
C
In the thin-cut seams I've ripped and redded
E7 Am G Am
Where even the rats are born bow-legged
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Winning the coal, away in the hole, go down!
[Verse 7]
Am D E7 Am
I've worked in the Hutton, the Plessey, the Brockwell Seam, go down!
Am Em Am E7
The Bensham, the Busty, the Beaumont, the Marshall Green, go down!
C
I've lain on me back in the old three-quarter
E7 Am G Am
Up to the chin in stinking water
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Hewing the coal, away in the hole, go down!
[Verse 8]
Am D E7 Am
In the northern pits I've sweated and earned me pay, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Toiled in the worn-out drift mines night and day, go down!
C
Where the anthracite is hard and shining
E7 Am G Am
I've tried me hand at the hard-rock mining
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
I dug me a hole away in the coal, go down!
[Verse 9]
Am D E7 Am
Out of the dirt and darkness I was born, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Out of the hard black coal-face I was torn, go down!
C
Lived in the shade of the high pit heap
E7 Am G Am
I'm still down there where the seams are deep
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Digging a hole, away in the coal, go down!
Am D E7 Am
Out of the dirt and darkness I was born, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Out of the hard black coalface I was torn, go down!
C
Kicked on the world and the earth split open
E7 Am G Am
Crawled through a crack where the rock was broken
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Burrowed a hole, away in the coal, go down!
[Verse 2]
Am D E7 Am
In a cradle of coal in the darkness I was laid, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Down in the dirt and darkness I was raised, go down!
C
Cut me teeth on a five-foot timber
E7 Am G Am
Held up the roof with my little finger
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Started me time away in the mine, go down!
[Verse 3]
Am D E7 Am
On the day that I was born I was six feet tall, go down!
Am Em Am E7
And the very next day I learned the way to haul, go down!
C
On the third day worked at board and piller
E7 Am G Am
Worked on the fourth as a long-wall filler
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Getting me steam up, hewing the seam, go down!
[Verse 4]
Am D E7 Am
I'm the son of the son of the son of a collier's son, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Coal dust runs in the veins where the blood should run, go down!
C
Five steel ribs and an iron backbone
E7 Am G Am
Teeth that can bite through rock and blackstone
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Working me time, away in the mine, go down!
[Verse 5]
Am D E7 Am
Three hundred years I hewed at the coal by hand, go down!
Am Em Am E7
In the pits of Durham and East Northumberland, go down!
C
Been gassed and burned and blown asunder
E7 Am G Am
Buried more times than I can number
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Getting the coal, away in the hole, go down!
[Verse 6]
Am D E7 Am
I've scrabbled and picked at the face where the roof was low, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Crawled in the seams where only a mole could go, go down!
C
In the thin-cut seams I've ripped and redded
E7 Am G Am
Where even the rats are born bow-legged
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Winning the coal, away in the hole, go down!
[Verse 7]
Am D E7 Am
I've worked in the Hutton, the Plessey, the Brockwell Seam, go down!
Am Em Am E7
The Bensham, the Busty, the Beaumont, the Marshall Green, go down!
C
I've lain on me back in the old three-quarter
E7 Am G Am
Up to the chin in stinking water
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Hewing the coal, away in the hole, go down!
[Verse 8]
Am D E7 Am
In the northern pits I've sweated and earned me pay, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Toiled in the worn-out drift mines night and day, go down!
C
Where the anthracite is hard and shining
E7 Am G Am
I've tried me hand at the hard-rock mining
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
I dug me a hole away in the coal, go down!
[Verse 9]
Am D E7 Am
Out of the dirt and darkness I was born, go down!
Am Em Am E7
Out of the hard black coal-face I was torn, go down!
C
Lived in the shade of the high pit heap
E7 Am G Am
I'm still down there where the seams are deep
Dm Am Dm E7 Am
Digging a hole, away in the coal, go down!
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