verse 1
C G D Em
Sky was black, Lord, rain came pouring down
C G D Am
Number 12 bus shuffling down Shaw Road way
C G D Em
Mules keep spinning, blackfaced lifers peck the ground
C G D Am
Sun comes up like lightning over Tango Hills grey
G Am
We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys
C G
Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day
SOLO Am C G Em Am C G
Am C G Em Am G D
verse 2
C G D Em
Cotton mill will get you, boy, she'll take you to your grave
C G D Am
Tell you boy to use your head, apprentice out your days
C G D Em
You'll end up a nothing, boy, with cotton as your trade
C G D Am
Sun comes up like lightning over Tango Hill grey
G Am
We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys
C G
Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day
G Am
We are mill boys, stuck on the hill boys
C G
Stuck in the mill boys, 'till our dying day
verse 3
C G
It's easy to see a poor boy's blues
Am G
When he's working every day
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