Key: D
Introduction: D D7 D C G D C D C D
C
If the school bell had rung
D C
Would it have rung a death knell?
D C
Now the dark day has gone
D
And there isn't any bell
G D G
In the flower of their youth
D C
How were they to know?
D C
And now there's so few left
D D7 D D7 D
And not all the flowers grow
verse 2
C
Just think how you would feel
D C
Had one been a child of yours
D C
And you look out every day
D
And still see the coal seam sores
G D G
In the flower of their youth
D C
How were they to know?
D C
And now there's so few left
D D7 D D7 D
And not all the flowers grow
verse 3
C
To remind you of that day
D C
Just you look out in the rain
D C
And although some children p1ay
D
It will never be the same
G D G
In the flower of their youth
D C
How were they to know?
D C
And now there's so few left
D D7 C
And not all the flowers grow
D C
And now there's so few left
D D7
And not all the flowers grow