The Golden Mile

F#m A E D F#m A E E F#m A E D F#m A E E F#m A The whole town's on the loop line E D Two up rules the day F#m A Pennies rising with the sun E E Except for the day that mum gets her pay F#m A The black man and the white man E D Are scratching their sunburnt face F#m A While digging themselves a hole in the ground E E To find a better place, whoa oh D Everybody wants a holiday E With a full day's pay D Some people need it. Some people steal it E Some people have it anyway F#m A E D F#m A E E F#m A E D F#m A E E F#m A Children watch a father E D Twelve hours full of sweat F#m A Look in his eye and see the future E E In the leather skin spinners bet F#m A While the black man and the white man E D Are scratching their weary face F#m A While they're digging themselves a hole in the ground E E To find a better place, whoa oh D Everybody wants a holiday E With a full day's pay D Some people need it. Some people steal it E Some people have it anyway D Can you see your children falling E Down Kalgoorlie's hill, whoa oh D E Can they see the future in the mi-ner's A C#m D E Golden swill (When’s it gonna rain?) A C#m D E Golden swill (When’s it gonna come?) A C#m D E A C#m It's been a long time sweating D E When you run the golden mile A C#m D E Oh Kalgoorlie (When's it gonna rain?) A C#m D E Oh Kalgoorlie (When's it gonna come?) D A D E D A D E