Sting - We work the black seam

This ^Amplace has changed for good Your ^Ceconomic ^Em7theory said it ^Amwould It's ^Amhard for us to understand We ^Ccan't give up our ^Em7jobs the way we^Am should Our^Am blood has stained the coal We ^Ctunneled deep ^Em7inside the nation'^Ams soul We^Am matter more than pounds and pence Your ^Ceconomic ^Em7theory makes no^Am sense

^FOne day in a ^Cnuclear age ^DmThey may understand our^Am rage They ^Fbuild machines that they c^Can't control ^DmAnd bury the waste in a ^Amgreat big hole ^FPower was to become ^Ccheap and clean ^DmGrimy faces were ^Amnever seen ^FDeadly for twelve ^Cthousand years is ^Dmcarbon fourteen ^AmWe work the black seam together ^AmWe work the black seam together

Th^Ame seam lies underground Three ^Cmillion years of ^Em7pressure packed^Am it down We ^Amwalk through ancient forest lands And ^Clight a thousand ^Em7cities with our^Am hands Yo^Amur dark satanic mills Have ^Cmade redundant ^Em7all our mining ^Amskills Yo^Amu can't exchange a six inch band For al^Cl the poisoned st^Em7reams in Cumber^Amland

^FOne day in a ^Cnuclear age ^DmThey may understand our^Am rage They ^Fbuild machines that they c^Can't control ^DmAnd bury the waste in a ^Amgreat big hole ^FPower was to become ^Ccheap and clean ^DmGrimy faces were ^Amnever seen ^FDeadly for twelve ^Cthousand years is ^Dmcarbon fourteen ^AmWe work the black seam together ^AmWe work the black seam together

S^Amhould the children weep The tu^Crning world will ^Em7sing their soul^Ams to sleep Wh^Amen you have sunk without a trace The un^Civerse will suck ^Em7me into place ^Am

^FOne day in a ^Cnuclear age ^DmThey may understand our^Am rage They ^Fbuild machines that they c^Can't control ^DmAnd bury the waste in a ^Amgreat big hole ^FPower was to become ^Ccheap and clean ^DmGrimy faces were ^Amnever seen ^FDeadly for twelve ^Cthousand years is ^Dmcarbon fourteen ^AmWe work the black seam together ^AmWe work the black seam together