Show of Hands - Cousin jack

^F#mThis land is barren and ^Dbroken ^EScarred like the face of the ^Amoon ^{E F#m}Our tongue is no longer ^C#mspoken ^DTowns all around face ^Eruin ^F#mWill there be work in New ^DBrunswick ^EWill I find gold in the ^ACape ^{E F#m}If I tunnel way down to Aus^C#mtralia ^DOh, how will I ^Eever escape

^AWhere there’s a mine or a ^Ehole in the ground ^F#mThat’s where I’m heading for ^Dthat’s where I’m bound ^ESo look for me under the ^Alode and i^Enside the v^Dein ^{E A}Where the copper the clay where th^Ee arsenic and tin ^F#mRunning in your blood digging^D under your skin ^EI’m leaving the county b^Aehind and I’m ^Enot coming ^Dback So, ^Efollow me ^Ddown cousin ^F#mJack

^F#mThe soil was too poor to make ^DEden ^EGranite and sea left no ^Achoice ^{E F#m}Though visions of heaven sustai^C#mned us ^DWhen John Wesley gave us a ^Evoice ^F#mDid Joseph once come to St Micha^Del’s mount ^ETwo thousand years pass in a ^Adream ^{E F#m}When you’re working your way in the ^C#mdarkness ^DDeep in the heart of the ^Eseam

^AWhere there’s a mine or a ^Ehole in the ground ^F#mThat’s where I’m heading for ^Dthat’s where I’m bound ^ESo look for me under the ^Alode and i^Enside the v^Dein ^{E A}Where the copper the clay where the^E arsenic and tin ^F#mRunning in your blood digging ^Dunder your skin ^EI’m leaving the county b^Aehind and I’m ^Enot coming ^Dback So, ^Efollow me ^Ddown cousin ^F#mJack

^F#mI dream of a bridge across th^De Tamar ^EIt opens us up to the ^Aeast ^{E F#m}I see the English living in ^C#mour houses ^DI see Spanish fishing in^E our seas

^AWhere there’s a mine or a ^Ehole in the ground ^F#mThat’s where I’m heading for ^Dthat’s where I’m bound ^ESo look for me under the ^Alode and i^Enside the v^Dein ^{E A}Where the copper the clay where t^Ehe arsenic and tin ^F#mRunning in your blood diggin^Dg under your skin ^EI’m leaving the county b^Aehind and I’m ^Enot coming ^Dback So, ^Efollow me ^Ddown cousin ^F#mJack