From: "Glyn Hunt" 
Subject: a/alarm/a_new_south_wales.crd
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 19:29:47 +0000

Written by: Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
Artist: The Alarm
Album: Change (LP record, EIRSAX 1020)
Record Label: I.R.S. Records (1989)
Transcriber: Glyn Hunt 

All my own work!

   This is the last song on the Alarm's Album "Change",
different from the rest of album's tracks by it's "chapel
song" feel. The recording itself has the Morriston Orpheus
Male Voice Choir and members of the Welsh Symphony
Orchestra singing/playing alongside the band. I haven't
been able to create tabs yet for the orchestral part yet,
but anyone else please feel free to contribute as this is
my first time at writing chords/tabs.
   As it stands, the song can be played as a slow guitar
ballad. It tells the story of life for people from the
valley communities of South Wales following the closure of
their mining industries. It should be sung thus as a sad
song, lifting towards the end. Otherwise, it's one of my
favourites, so enjoy!

A New South Wales     by The Alarm

Chord     String
name      EADGBE

Am        X02210
Fm        XX3211
G5        355XXX
Gm        355333
Am/G      X02010
F         244322
C         032010
Cmaj7     032000
E         022100
G         320003
DSus2/C   XX0555
Am/F      XX2211
A         X03330


Intro:
Am  Fm    G5
Gm  Am/G  Am

Verse 1:
Am
Pit Shaft...
          Fm      G5
   in the...
Gm
The Davey...
   Am/G                           Am
   there's no...
Am
As the...
            Fm                        G5
   from the...
Gm
A man...
          Am/G                    Am
   past a...

Bridge 1:
F
Throughout...
   C              Cmaj7     C
   fought, he...
   G5              Gm
In tears...
        Am      E     Am
   "Cwm Rhondda...

Chorus 1:
G
Great...
   DSus/C  Am
   fair    country.
   Fm                E
To Botany...
   C           Am
   deportation...
G
Great...
   DSus/C  Am
   fair...
Fm           E
Great...
         C         Am      Am/F  Am
   for a...

Verse 2:
Am
The Slack...
                 Fm      G5
   It keeps...
Gm
The stale...
   Am/G                    Am
   Their...
Am
A choir...
                Fm             G5
   "where's the...
Gm
The question...
   NO CHORDS
   - all eyes...

Bridge 2:
F
In another...
   C         Cmaj7      C
   hard...
        G5                 Gm
For the...
        Am      E     Am
   "Cwm Rhondda...

Chorus 2:
G
Great...
   DSus2/C  Am
   fair...
    Fm                   E
the future...
   C                    Am
   South...
G
Say, say...
   DSus2/C  Am
   fair...
Fm           E
great...
         C         Am      Am/F  Am
   for...

- Orchestral Link -

Chorus 3:
G
Great...
   DSus2/C  Am
   fair...
    Fm                   E
the future...
   C                    Am
   South...
G
Say, say...
   DSus2/C  Am
   fair...
Fm           E
great...
         C         Am      Am/F  Am
   for a...

Outro:
C   Cmaj7  C   Cmaj7  C    Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7
Oooooh,    someone...
Cmaj7  Fm  C   Cmaj7  C   Cmaj7  C    Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7
           Oooooh,    someone...
Cmaj7  Fm  C   Fm     Am/G
           Oooooh,    someone...
Cmaj7  Fm  C   Cmaj7  C   Cmaj7  C    Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7
           Oooooh,    someone...
Am   Am/F  E   E     A
for  a...