Farewell Johnny Miner Lyrics And Chords
4/4 (Ed Pickford) Lyrics and chords in ChordPro fit the Battlefield Band (use a capo on the 1st fret) Guitar work by Marc. In case these chords don't suit I have also given the song in the key of G. The sheet music notes and ukulele chords are included. A Rovin' Dies Hard Song is also here which was recorded by The Battlefield Band .
Instrumental Intro
(D)Johnny Miner, (F#m)you were born
(G)Ne’er to see the (F#m)rising dawn,
(G)Now it's time that (D)you were (Bm)gone,
So (D)farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
Chorus
(D)Farewell Durham, (F#m)Yorkshire, too,
(G)Nottingham, the (F#m)same to you
(G)Scotland, South Wales, (D)bid a(Bm)dieu,
(D)Farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
You (D)battled with the (F#m)sliding scale,
(G)Lungs turned black and (F#m)faces pale,
But (G)now your body's (D)up for (Bm)sale,
(D)Farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
Chorus
They (D)promised you the (F#m)earth sometimes
To (G)work down in their (F#m)stinkin' mines,
(G)Now the justice (D)for their (Bm)crime
Is (D)farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
Chorus
Instrumental Bridge
(D)Cheer up John, don’t (F#m)take it hard
(G)Unemployment’s (F#m)not so bad –
They'll (G)treat you well in the (D)knacker's (Bm)yard,
(G!!!)Farewell, farewell Johnny (A)Miner.
Chorus
Instrumental Outro.
Back to Lyrics An Chords C-F
(D)Johnny Miner, (F#m)you were born
(G)Ne’er to see the (F#m)rising dawn,
(G)Now it's time that (D)you were (Bm)gone,
So (D)farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
Chorus
(D)Farewell Durham, (F#m)Yorkshire, too,
(G)Nottingham, the (F#m)same to you
(G)Scotland, South Wales, (D)bid a(Bm)dieu,
(D)Farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
You (D)battled with the (F#m)sliding scale,
(G)Lungs turned black and (F#m)faces pale,
But (G)now your body's (D)up for (Bm)sale,
(D)Farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
Chorus
They (D)promised you the (F#m)earth sometimes
To (G)work down in their (F#m)stinkin' mines,
(G)Now the justice (D)for their (Bm)crime
Is (D)farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
Chorus
Instrumental Bridge
(D)Cheer up John, don’t (F#m)take it hard
(G)Unemployment’s (F#m)not so bad –
They'll (G)treat you well in the (D)knacker's (Bm)yard,
(G!!!)Farewell, farewell Johnny (A)Miner.
Chorus
Instrumental Outro.
Back to Lyrics An Chords C-F
Put a strumming pattern and fingerpicking guitar tab to these verses with the lyrics on top the tabs with 3 bars per line of tab, in mobile-friendly code-block layout. It's in 4/4
🎸 STRUMMING PATTERN — 4/4
↓ ↓↑ ↑↓↑
1 2& 3&4&
(Steady folk marching feel)
🎵 FINGERPICKING PATTERN (4/4 Travis Style)
Used across the song.
D chord
e|-----2-----------2---|
B|---3---3-------3---3-|
G|-2-------2---2-------|
D|0-----------0--------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
F#m chord
e|-----2-----------2---|
B|---2---2-------2---2-|
G|-2-------2---2-------|
D|4-----------4--------|
A|4---------------------|
E|2---------------------|
G chord
e|-----3-----------3---|
B|---0---0-------0---0-|
G|-0-------0---0-------|
D|0-----------0--------|
A|2---------------------|
E|3---------------------|
Bm chord
e|-----2-----------2---|
B|---3---3-------3---3-|
G|-4-------4---4-------|
D|4-----------4--------|
A|2---------------------|
E|---------------------|
A chord
e|-----0-----------0---|
B|---2---2-------2---2-|
G|-2-------2---2-------|
D|2-----------2--------|
A|0---------------------|
E|----------------------|
🎶 VERSE — 3 bars per line (4/4)
(D)Johnny Miner, (F#m)you were born
D F#m G
e|--2---------2----------2---------2----------3---------3----|
B|--3-----3-----3--------2-----2-----2--------0-----0--------|
G|--2---2---2-----2------2---2---2-----2------0---0----------|
D|--0---------------------4--------------------0--------------|
A|------------------------4--------------------2--------------|
E|------------------------2--------------------3--------------|
(G)Ne’er to see the (F#m)rising dawn,
G F#m G
e|--3---------3----------2---------2----------3---------3----|
B|--0-----0-----0--------2-----2-----2--------0-----0--------|
G|--0---0---0-----0------2---2---2-----2------0---0----------|
D|--0---------------------4--------------------0--------------|
A|--2---------------------4--------------------2--------------|
E|--3---------------------2--------------------3--------------|
(G)Now it's time that (D)you were (Bm)gone,
G D Bm
e|--3---------3----------2---------2----------2---------2----|
B|--0-----0-----0--------3-----3-----3--------3-----3--------|
G|--0---0---0-----0------2---2---2-----2------4---4----------|
D|--0---------------------0--------------------4--------------|
A|--2-------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|--3---------------------------------------------------------|
So (D)farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
D A --
e|--2---------2----------0---------0--------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3--------2-----2-----2------------------------|
G|--2---2---2-----2------2---2---2-----2----------------------|
D|--0---------------------2-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------0-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
🎵 CHORUS — 3 bars per line (4/4)
(D)Farewell Durham, (F#m)Yorkshire, too,
D F#m G
e|--2---------2----------2---------2----------3---------3----|
B|--3-----3-----3--------2-----2-----2--------0-----0--------|
G|--2---2---2-----2------2---2---2-----2------0---0----------|
D|--0---------------------4--------------------0--------------|
A|------------------------4--------------------2--------------|
E|------------------------2--------------------3--------------|
(G)Nottingham, the (F#m)same to you
G F#m G
e|--3---------3----------2---------2----------3---------3----|
B|--0-----0-----0--------2-----2-----2--------0-----0--------|
G|--0---0---0-----0------2---2---2-----2------0---0----------|
D|--0---------------------4--------------------0--------------|
A|--2---------------------4--------------------2--------------|
E|--3---------------------2--------------------3--------------|
(G)Scotland, South Wales, (D)bid a(Bm)dieu,
G D Bm
e|--3---------3----------2---------2----------2---------2----|
B|--0-----0-----0--------3-----3-----3--------3-----3--------|
G|--0---0---0-----0------2---2---2-----2------4---4----------|
D|--0---------------------0--------------------4--------------|
A|--2-------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|--3---------------------------------------------------------|
(D)Farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
D A D
e|--2---------2----------0---------0----------2---------2----|
B|--3-----3-----3--------2-----2-----2--------3-----3--------|
G|--2---2---2-----2------2---2---2-----2------2---2----------|
D|--0---------------------2--------------------0--------------|
A|------------------------0--------------------0--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
🎸 STRUMMING PATTERN — 4/4
↓ ↓↑ ↑↓↑
1 2& 3&4&
(Steady folk marching feel)
🎵 FINGERPICKING PATTERN (4/4 Travis Style)
Used across the song.
D chord
e|-----2-----------2---|
B|---3---3-------3---3-|
G|-2-------2---2-------|
D|0-----------0--------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
F#m chord
e|-----2-----------2---|
B|---2---2-------2---2-|
G|-2-------2---2-------|
D|4-----------4--------|
A|4---------------------|
E|2---------------------|
G chord
e|-----3-----------3---|
B|---0---0-------0---0-|
G|-0-------0---0-------|
D|0-----------0--------|
A|2---------------------|
E|3---------------------|
Bm chord
e|-----2-----------2---|
B|---3---3-------3---3-|
G|-4-------4---4-------|
D|4-----------4--------|
A|2---------------------|
E|---------------------|
A chord
e|-----0-----------0---|
B|---2---2-------2---2-|
G|-2-------2---2-------|
D|2-----------2--------|
A|0---------------------|
E|----------------------|
🎶 VERSE — 3 bars per line (4/4)
(D)Johnny Miner, (F#m)you were born
D F#m G
e|--2---------2----------2---------2----------3---------3----|
B|--3-----3-----3--------2-----2-----2--------0-----0--------|
G|--2---2---2-----2------2---2---2-----2------0---0----------|
D|--0---------------------4--------------------0--------------|
A|------------------------4--------------------2--------------|
E|------------------------2--------------------3--------------|
(G)Ne’er to see the (F#m)rising dawn,
G F#m G
e|--3---------3----------2---------2----------3---------3----|
B|--0-----0-----0--------2-----2-----2--------0-----0--------|
G|--0---0---0-----0------2---2---2-----2------0---0----------|
D|--0---------------------4--------------------0--------------|
A|--2---------------------4--------------------2--------------|
E|--3---------------------2--------------------3--------------|
(G)Now it's time that (D)you were (Bm)gone,
G D Bm
e|--3---------3----------2---------2----------2---------2----|
B|--0-----0-----0--------3-----3-----3--------3-----3--------|
G|--0---0---0-----0------2---2---2-----2------4---4----------|
D|--0---------------------0--------------------4--------------|
A|--2-------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|--3---------------------------------------------------------|
So (D)farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
D A --
e|--2---------2----------0---------0--------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3--------2-----2-----2------------------------|
G|--2---2---2-----2------2---2---2-----2----------------------|
D|--0---------------------2-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------0-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
🎵 CHORUS — 3 bars per line (4/4)
(D)Farewell Durham, (F#m)Yorkshire, too,
D F#m G
e|--2---------2----------2---------2----------3---------3----|
B|--3-----3-----3--------2-----2-----2--------0-----0--------|
G|--2---2---2-----2------2---2---2-----2------0---0----------|
D|--0---------------------4--------------------0--------------|
A|------------------------4--------------------2--------------|
E|------------------------2--------------------3--------------|
(G)Nottingham, the (F#m)same to you
G F#m G
e|--3---------3----------2---------2----------3---------3----|
B|--0-----0-----0--------2-----2-----2--------0-----0--------|
G|--0---0---0-----0------2---2---2-----2------0---0----------|
D|--0---------------------4--------------------0--------------|
A|--2---------------------4--------------------2--------------|
E|--3---------------------2--------------------3--------------|
(G)Scotland, South Wales, (D)bid a(Bm)dieu,
G D Bm
e|--3---------3----------2---------2----------2---------2----|
B|--0-----0-----0--------3-----3-----3--------3-----3--------|
G|--0---0---0-----0------2---2---2-----2------4---4----------|
D|--0---------------------0--------------------4--------------|
A|--2-------------------------------------------2-------------|
E|--3---------------------------------------------------------|
(D)Farewell, Johnny (A)Miner.
D A D
e|--2---------2----------0---------0----------2---------2----|
B|--3-----3-----3--------2-----2-----2--------3-----3--------|
G|--2---2---2-----2------2---2---2-----2------2---2----------|
D|--0---------------------2--------------------0--------------|
A|------------------------0--------------------0--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Farewell Johnny Miner Sheet Music
