Capo 2

Intro: G 

verse 1: 

She is my flower 
                       C                 G 
And she blooms for the one who loves her best 
    C              D                  G 
The miners stop to watch her when she walks 
     D                              C 
They know her love is not for sale 
                                G     D/F# 
She will never fail me 'cause I know 
              Em 
I watched her grow 
    C           Am 
The mother of a miner's child 
C              D                G       D 
Waits for me beside the kitchen door 


verse 2
 
          G 
She is my light 
                        C              G 
In this place where the darkness never ends 
       C                  D                 G 
She'll guide me where the tunnels twist and bend 
          D                           C 
She's the only one who listens when I tell her 
                      G      D/F# 
I got less than I can spend 
              Em 
She knows the pace 
    C           Am 
Oh, mother of a miner's child 
C             D                 G       F   C   G 
Wash away the coal dust from my face 


verse 3 
                        
When the night shift's done 
                         C            G 
She'll be waiting by the table when I come 
C              D               G 
Searching for another dream to chase 
    D 
Oh, mother of a miner's child 
  C                                   G 
I know that you still think about the day 
     D/F#            Em 
When we'll be moving on 
  C               Am 
Remember dear old daddy and 
    C              D             G     D 
The promise that I made to carry on 


verse 4
 
            G 
Sometimes I smile 
                      C             G 
In the cage where the cables softly hum 
    C              D                 G 
I'd curse that old straw boss to the bone 
        D 
But the mother of a miner's child 
   C                                 G     D/F# 
Is waiting for her pay-check to come home 
          Em 
Come Saturday 
    C            Am 
And he is just a miner's boy 
  C                 D             G     F   C   G 
I hope that he will find a better way 


Verse 5 
          
She is my flower 
                       C                 G 
And she blooms for the one who loves her best 
    C              D                  G 
The miners stop to watch her when she walks 
     D                              C 
They know her love is not for sale 
                                G     D/F# 
She will never fail me 'cause I know 
              Em 
I watched her grow 
    C           Am 
The mother of a miner's child 
C            D                  G      F   C   G 
Waits for me beside the kitchen door