I have posted this under the Alarm as it is on 'standards',(their greatest hits album), but maybe it should be posted under Mike peters and the Morriston Orpheus male voice choir. This song has no guitar on it, it is mainly piano and strings but I think these chords work well. I have worked this out in standard tuning but I suspect it is played in Eb, you could transpose it down a semi tone using the transposer tool on the left of your screen. Any comments, corrections additions etc. are more than welcome Please rate INTRO: Cm VERSE 1:

^CmPit shaft wheels turn for the last time in the ^FmRhondda tonight The ^A#Davey lamps that shone so brightly, there's ^Gno more need for their light ^CmAs the last piece of coal is cut from the ^Fmbelly of the black seamed hole A ^A#man walks home alone, past the ^Gchurch full of mourning souls

CHORUS:

^FmThroughout his ^A#lifetime he has ^D#fought, he has ^Dgiven his ^Cmlife ^FmIn tears the cong^A#regation sing come ^CmRhondda oh my lord ^G#Great is the rape of the ^Fmfair country To ^C#Botany Bay for my ^D#great grandfathers ^G#deportation sale ^G#Great, so great is the ^Fmfair country ^C#Great is the ^D#need for a new south ^FmWales

VERSE 2:

^CmThe slag heap stares, it blocks out the sky, it ^Fmkeeps this Rhondda grey The ^A#stale beer spills from angry drinkers, their ^Garguments do the same A ^Cmchoir voice cries, it shatters the silence, where's ^Fmthe future in this place The ^A#question hangs unanswered, all ^Geyes on a new born babe

CHORUS:

^FmIn another ^A#lifetime men fought ^D#hard, men ^Dgave their ^Cmlives ^FmFor the charter that would ^A#save their sons, come ^CmRhondda oh my lord ^G#Great, great change in the ^Fmfair country The ^C#future lies with our ^D#sons and daughters, ^G#south will meet with north ^G#Say, say a prayer for the ^Fmfair country, ^C#Great is the ^D#need for a new south ^FmWales

INSTRUMENTAL (verse chords): Cm Fm A# G X2 CHORUS:

^FmThroughout a ^A#lifetime men have fought,^D# men have ^Dgiven their ^Cmlives ^FmTo hear a cong^A#regation sing come ^CmRhondda oh my lord ^G#Great, great change in the ^Fmfair country The ^C#future lies with our ^D#sons and daughters, ^G#south will meet with north ^G#Say, say a prayer for the ^Fmfair country, ^C#Great is the ^D#need for a new south ^FmWales

ENDING:

^CmOh, ^A#oh, ^G#someone hear my prayer, ^Cmoh, ^A#oh, ^G#someone hear my prayer, ^Cmoh, ^A#oh, ^G#someone hear my prayer ^CmOh, ^A#oh, ^G#someone hear my prayer, ^Cmoh, ^A#oh, ^G#someone hear my prayer, ^Cmoh, ^A#oh, ^G#someone hear my prayer ^CmOh, ^A#oh, ^G#someone hear my prayer, ^Cmoh, ^A#oh, ^G#someone hear my prayer for a ^Bbnew south ^CWale^Fs

Alarm - A new south wales