Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G D
never will come back. ... The
G C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am D
valleys are all doomed. There’s
G C
no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll
D G C G D G
be in London soon.
verse 1
G
My father was a miner, as his
C
father was before, and they
D
always had been proud to work be.-
G
-low. Since they fell 'neath Roben's axe, all the
C
lads have got the sack, so a-
D G D
-way to work in England, we must go!
Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G D
never will come back. ... The
G C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am D
valleys are all doomed. There’s
G C
no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll
D G C G D G
be in London soon.
verse 2
G
No more the chapel singin', for that
C
long ago has left us, in the
D
public house no more the miner's
G
songs. For the population's droppin', as the
C
pit wheels they’re a-stoppin', and I
D G D
can't afford to stay here very long.
Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G D
never will come back. ... The
G C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am D
valleys are all doomed. There’s
G C
no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll
D G C G D G
be in London soon.
verse 3
G
Treherbert and Treorchy, Ton-
C
pandy and Tynewydd,
D
Ystrad Rhondda and Ton Pentre, all a-
G
dieu! For I can no longer wait, while the
C
parliament debates, So a
D G D
fond farewell I bid to all of you!
Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G D
never will come back. ... The
G C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am D
valleys are all doomed. There’s
G C
no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll
D G C G D G
be in London soon.
Chorus
G
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee
C
well you Rhondda valley girls, we
G D
never will come back. ... The
G C
mines they are a--closin', the
Am D
valleys are all doomed. There’s
G C
no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll
D G C G D G
be in London soon.