The Rankin Family - Tramp Miner

      
 
 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 ***