"New York Mining Disaster 1941" — the single that broke the Bee Gees in America. A miner trapped underground, asking "Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?"
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"New York Mining Disaster 1941"
(Barry Gibb / Robin Gibb)
Intro:
Am
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
Am
In the event of something happening to me
D
There is something I would like you all to see
G 1: Am/D [xx0555]
3: Am D
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew
Chorus:
G C G
Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
G C F
Do you know what it's like on the outside
(F) E
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide
Am
Mr. Jones
Verse 2:
I keep straining my ears to hear a sound
Maybe someone is digging underground
G Am
Or have they given up and all gone home to bed
D G F
Thinking those who once existed must be dead
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 1]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
Am /G /F /E Am/D
(Mr. Jones)
OK, if you want all of these to sound exact you'll have to tune to open D
(low to high: D A D F# A D) like Barry Gibb; the chord fingerings in that
Tuning are:
Am x07677
Am/D 000677
C 575675 [Barry barres at 10th fret]
D 000000
E 222222
F 333333
G 555555
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
Знаете ли вы, что...
- Released April 1967. Their first international hit, reaching #14 in the US and #12 in the UK. The title was invented — there was no such mining disaster. Radio DJs initially thought it was a new Beatles record.