Come Home Rhondda Boy

D A D

[Spoken]

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At the end of the First World War weary men returned
A
from the battlefield in Europe to a land fit for heroes

Some how things don't turn out that way
                 D
You see the Mine Lords in the country told the miners

that they have to work for longer hours
         G
for less wages

On the street through out the Rhonda valley
              D
in South Wales the battle cries rose

Not a minute of the day not a penny off the
A
pay the miners went on strike.
         D
It was a long and bitter fight

Times were hard,
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children went hungry

Many people left the valley of Wales to
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try and make better life for themselves in cities all over the World
Em           A                           D
This song is dedicated to them and their descendants


[Verse 1]

       D                      G    A                 D
So you went and left your the valley all those years ago
    A                              D
And many were the young men at the time
                    G      D                      Bm
And as you left the station you saw that you were leaving
    G           A                 D
The rivers, the mountains and the mines


[Verse 2]

                  G  A                      D
You came into the city left your friends at home
   A                                    D
To make yourself a better life was your aim
                     G       D                   Bm
The heartbeat of the Rhondda is not the thing to see
         G      A                D
But it's always calling out your name


[Chorus]

     Bm         E   A               F#m
Come home, come home to where you belong
Bm                  D             F#
Back to the Rhondda, your land of soul
    Bm                   E   A                  F#m
The bright lights of the city are not what they seem
     G            A             Bm
Come home Rhondda boy where the valleys are green


[Interlude]

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[Bridge Spoken]

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So all of your life you've been home
A                   D       G            A           D
since you left your valley. Now you know nothing can compare
                  G                    D                    Bm
Where else in all over this wide world could you stand on a mountain
G          A                        D
and hear a thousand voices fill the air


[Chorus 2]

     Bm         E   A               F#m
Come home, come home to where you belong
Bm                  D             F#
Back to the Rhondda, your land of soul
    Bm                   E   A                  F#m
The bright lights of the city are not what they seem
     G            A             Bm
Come home Rhondda boy where the valleys are green