Far Away Boys

Chords

Standard

Intro
   E               A
A|-------7---7---7-------7---7---7----------|
E|-----4---------------5--------------------|
C|-4---------------4------------------------|
G|---4-----4---4-----6-----6---6------------|


   E               B
A|-------7---7---7-------9---9---9----------|
E|-----4---------------7--------------------|
C|-4---------------6------------------------|
G|---4-----4---4-----8-----8---8------------|


   E               A
A|-------7---7---7-------7---7---7----------|
E|-----4---------------5--------------------|
C|-4---------------4------------------------|
G|---4-----4---4-----6-----6---6------------|


   Am              E
A|-------7---7---7-------7---7---7----------|
E|-----5---------------4--------------------|
C|-4---------------4------------------------|
G|---5-----5---5-----4-----4---4------------|

# keep the same picking pattern

        E             A            E           A
Well I worked on the railroad for two pence a day
  E             A         Am         E
Drank down one penny, the other I'd save
   E              A             E             A
I hammered and I hammered, for God knows how long
 E         A           Am            E
Well into madness with each setting sun
   E           A           E              B
I put my head down and I dreamt you were here
     E         A              Am            E
With me by the ol' tree where no one could care

Chorus:

      E              A          E           A
Far away boys, far away boys, away from ya now
     E              A                Am            E
I'm lyin' with my sweetheart, in her arms I'll be found

          E            A               E          A
Then the sun belched upon me, you were no longer here
 E              A           Am            E
Lyin' in your place was my hammer and my gear
       E              A         E            A
So I stamped out the fire that kept us both warm
    E           A                Am           E
The ashes were fallin' like the snow drops of old
    E         A             E               B
We came to a mountain, dynamite and she'll blow
       E            A            Am         E
A big hole in that rock like the one in my soul


Instrumental
A|--------------------2-----------------------|
E|-0-2-4--2-4-2-0--4-----0-2-4--2-4-2-0--2-0--|
C|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|


   E           A             E              A
We buried four workmen; they dug themselves well
     E          A          Am         E
From four empty coffins to four early graves
             E             A              E            A
They're only paddies, just paddies; don't dig them too deep
       E             A                         Am          E  
You'll need all your strength, boys, they're replaced easily
         E          A         E             B
With the heat I was melting into your sweet lips
         E          A                 Am            E
Ah, your kiss takes me back, takes me back from all this


CHORUS

        E           A                   E           A
Someone said it was Christmas but not a tree was in sight
    E          A           Am         E
The only thing growin' was my will to die
         E            A         E            A
Till the gaffer said “Men, your work here is done”
             E          A             Am            E
I said “I'll see you in Hell, on that train we died for”
E     A            E                B
Never again will I smell your sweet dream
      E                  A                 Am           E
But a pissed stained old gutter where your lips used to be


CHORUSx2



Ending chord
A|-----------7----------------|
E|-----4----------------------|
C|--4-------------------------|
G|--------4-------------------|