TRAMP MINER : peformed by the Rankin Family : Written by Jimmy Rankin
from the CD -North Country : Copyright Co'Bhan Music Company Limited - SOCAN
submitted by John Crawford email johnc@stn.net

Tramp Miner

****** Bar Chart (with Chords) *******
recorded in the key of F, so Capo on fret 5

|C  F	|C  F	|C  F	|G				intro 

|C	|	|	|Am				verse
|C Em	|F Am	|Am	|C  Em
|F	|C   F|C	|C  G

|C	|	|	|				chorus
|F	|C	|Am	|Am
|C  F	|C	|C   	|G	

|EmAm	|G  F	|C	|C				bridge
|EmAM	|G  F	|G	|G

ORDER : verse 1, verse 2, chorus, bridge, verse 3, chorus, chorus, fade

I am a tramp miner,  I've been for some time now
I live without light of the day
In the black underground that's where I'll be found
Biding my time away,  Oh working my life away

>From here out to Timmins, I've loved all your women
In the taverns I drank down my pay
But I'd do it again even though it's a sin
For it's better than driving the raise
If you've done it you'd know what I say

*** Chorus ***
So I'll roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the wind
Roll, roll with the time and the wind
Then I'll find my way back home again
{EOC}

*** Bridge ***
Homesickness, heartbreak
And black lung among these men run rampant
As there rockin' and rollin'
High ballin' this country today
{EOB}

I am a tramp miner, I've been for some time now
I live without light of the day
In a hole in the ground, they'll lower me down
That'll be my final pay, for working my life away

*** repeat Chorus ***