Key: F#m
Introduction: Em
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Little gold digger by the name of Anne Marie
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The last green leaf left on the family tree
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Sent down in The Contention
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Looking for a job with any pay
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Desperate for any way
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To live a life of her own invention
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Such a hopeless thing
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Took her under my wing
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Said, &ldquo You better plug your ears,
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Unless you like the ringing.
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Better hold that dynamite close
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Or, you know, it might explode.&rdquo
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Strike a match, walk fast, fire in the hole
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Say every prayer you know
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And Boom! Crash! Blast!
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Pack the rocket, back to gold
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Ain&rsquo t it a fine life,
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mining Cypher&rsquo s hills,
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we&rsquo ll be rich before we&rsquo re old
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Rubble and dust and shallow breath
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Muck and must and fear of death
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Way down in The Contention
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From dawn to dusk we worked the scene
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Me, the man, and Anne Marie
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And we were paid little more than attention
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Strike a match, walk fast, fire in the hole
D C
Say every prayer you know
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And Boom! Crash! Blast!
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Pack the rocket, back to gold
D C
Ain&rsquo t it a fine life,
C
mining Cypher&rsquo s hills,
C Em
we&rsquo ll be rich before we&rsquo re old
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It was on a Thursday night when
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All the lantern lights went out
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I lit the fuses and
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hurried toward the exit
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Counted Gordon, Luke, and Mack,
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Harrison and Jack
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(Slowly, sadly)
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Strike a match, walk fast, fire in the hole
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Say every prayer you know and
(Quickly, energetically)
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Boom! Crash! Blast!
G
Pack the rocket, back to gold
D C
Ain&rsquo t it a fine life,
C Em
mining Cypher&rsquo s hills,
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Strike a match, walk fast, fire in the hole
D C
Say every prayer you know
Em
And Boom! Crash! Blast!
G
Pack the rocket, back to gold
D C
Ain&rsquo t it a fine life,
C
mining Cypher&rsquo s hills,
C Em
we&rsquo ll be rich before we&rsquo re old
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Em* N.C.