Miner Cifras

The Hackensaw Boys - Miner
Rob Bullington (aka Mahlon Hackensaw)
From the album "Keep It Simple" (2002)
 
 
*Each line has 8 measures and the chords return to "E" after each verse for what
I'll call the "Verse Intro".
The Verse Intro is E strummed 8 times in 8 measures followed by E7 4 times
as fast (32 times in 8 measures).
If you follow what I'm saying, it should look like this:
 
 
[Intro]
E
E           E           E           E            (x2)
E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7  (x2)
E
 
[Verse 1]
E
If I was a miner, I'd sing about the mine
                                  F#m
I'd tell you of the women, they'd love you for a time
G              D     G                 D
Love you for a time, take you to their home
G          D                       E
If I was a miner, I'd make them my own
E         G
Hey! Hey! Hey!
D            E
Make them my own
 
[Verse Intro]
E7
 
[Verse 2]
E
If I was a banker, I'd take a widow's farm
                                  F#m
I'd never work on Sunday, and I'd eat my biscuits warm
G                   D               G            D
I'd eat my biscuits warm, with some fruit from a jar
G          D                        E
If I was a banker, I'd buy me a new car
E         G
Hey! Hey! Hey!
D            E
Buy me a new car
 
[Verse Intro]
E7
 
[Instrumental] (Verse sequence, no vocals)
E
F#m
G      D      G     D
G      D            E
G
D      E
 
[Verse Intro]
E7
 
[Verse 3]
E
If I was a preacher, I'd speak the holy word
                                        F#m
I'd leave the church to ramble, and I'd congregate with birds
G                   D             G             D
I'd congregate with birds, and forget about the rest
G                   D                           E
You must believe in heaven if you wanna build a nest
E         G
Hey! Hey! Hey!
D             E
Wanna build a nest
 
[Bridge]
G               D        G                  D
If your woman's stubborn and she's got cold feet
    G               D                              E
You take her to the laundromat and roll her in the sheets
    G               D         G              D
And if your woman's triflin', and she got no love
    G               D                             E
You take her to the river and you wash her in the flood
E         G
Hey! Hey! Hey!
D               E
Wash her in the flood
E         G
Hey! Hey! Hey!
D               E
Wash her in the flood
E         G
Hey! Hey! Hey!
D               E
Wash her in the flood
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