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Hard Rock Mine

by Also Known As

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A really cool song about our Colorado and Western US heritage.

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Verse 1:
Am F C
In the Colorado Rockies ‘bout a 100 years ago,
G Am
Hard rock mines were working in the summer and the snow
Am F C
Now the rigs and the miner’s cabins are now in decay
G Am
Footsteps of the future are all that will remain

Chorus:
F C G C
And it seems like it is long ago, seems like yesterday
F C E
Past the trees and up the hills they climbed
F C G Am
Seems like it is close at hand seems so far away
F G Am
Now the trails are only filled with the memories of those times
F G Am
A time not very long ago when they worked the hard-rock mine

Instrumental - Gerald

Verse 2
If you go up to Blackhawk you go down to Cripple Creek
Ore is mostly gone there but the old men there still speak
Of a time when life was harder but the hard life there was good
Only ghosts remain in the rusted sheds and the weathered wood

Verse 3:
If you sit there long enough, still pounding in your chest
Listen past the aspen leaves wild cries will catch your breath
Might hear those miners laughin’ as the summer sun rolls by
Hear the deep explosions you might hear their widows cry!

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released December 31, 2018
Walt Niccoli - Vocals
Gary Taylor - song writer

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Also Known As Fort Collins, Colorado

“Also Known As” (AKA) has been part of the Northern Colorado music scene since 1996 when they played as Prairie Dog Companion, entertaining at New West Fest, First Night, Loveland Arts and Lunch, and the Windsor Harvest Festival. Several decades and many band names later, they adopted AKA as their moniker because it represents the eclectic brand of Americana music they call “City and Western.” ... more

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