When The Risk Of Frost Is Over Lyrics And Chords

4/4 (Ian McCalman) For the McCalmans’s version use a capo on the 1st fret. A well crafted ballad about the coal miners strike during 1984 and the hardship it caused the families involved.

Intro:   G-D-F#m-G   C-G-Am-D   C-C-G-G   C-C-D-D-D-D
When the (G)risk of (D)frost is over(G)
And the (C)sun seeks the (G)shadows on (Am)Bilston (D)Glen -D
My (C)thoughts turn to a(G)nother time
I (C)remember the coalface (D)men
The (G)curious (D)ivy climbs so (G)high
And (C)covers the (G)mines, as the (Am)mills be(D)fore -D
And (C)all things changed in these (G)colliery towns
With the (C)strike of '8(D)4
Chorus
And (C)maybe it's (D)time to (G)say goodbye
Those damned days, just (C)let them (D)lie -D
(C)Though their (D)dream should (G)never die
It's time for moving (C)on –C-C-C
When the (G)risk of (D)frost is over(G)
And (C)flowers of (G)spring are (Am)all a(D)round -D
(C)Hiding all those (G)memories
When (C)fathers fought with (D)sons
When the (G)risk of (D)frost is over(G)
And (C)winter’s (G)snows (Am)past and (D)gone -D
The (C)warmth comes to the (G)land now
It's (C)time for moving (D)on
Chorus
When the (G)risk of (D)frost is over(G)
And De(C)cember (G)grey has (Am)turned to (D)green -D
I (C)walk the fields of (G)Lothian
And re(C)member the price they(D)paid
When the (G)risk of (D)frost is over(G)
The (C)sun seeks the (G)shadows on (Am)Bilston (D)Glen -D
My (C)thoughts turn to a(G)nother time
I re(C)member the coalface (D)men
Chorus
It's (C)time for moving (D)on
G-D-D-G