Laxey Wheel Song chords

[VERSE 1]
[G]When Laxey was a mining village [D]many years ago,
[D]There were 600 miners wo[G]rking under Captain Rowe
[C]But The bottom of the mineshaft [G]was below the water line
So [D]they had to build a wheel to pump th[G]e water from the mine.

[CHORUS]
[G]And the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning,
In Lady Isabella's memor[D]y,
[C]And while the water flows
[G]The Laxey Wheel still go[Em]es
[A]And the Laxey river r[D]uns down to the sea[G] .

[VERSE 2]
[G]For three quarters of a century there were fortu[D]nes lost and found
[D]As miners dug the lead and zinc [G]from underneath the ground,
[C]Then came a great depres[G]sion in 1929
[D]And the miners drew their wages for [G]the last time at the mine.

[CHORUS]
[G]And the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning,
In Lady Isabella's memor[D]y,
[C]And while the water flows
[G]The Laxey Wheel still go[Em]es
[A]And the Laxey river r[D]uns down to the sea[G] .

[VERSE 3]
[G]It's stood now for a 100 years t[D]hrough wind, snow, rain and drought,
[D]And it will keep on turn[G]ing till the sands of time run out,
[C]And though the main mine buildin[G]g is no more than a shell
[D]The Wheel still stands majestic in t[G]he shadow of Snaefell.

[CHORUS]
[G]And the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning,
In Lady Isabella's memor[D]y,
[C]And while the water flows
[G]The Laxey Wheel still go[Em]es
[A]And the Laxey river r[D]uns down to the sea[G] .