| G | C | |
| F | rom Father to Son | the blood runs thin |
| G | C | |
| O | ur faces frozen ( | still) against the wind |
| G | C | |
| T | he seam is split, | the coal face cracked |
| G | C | |
| T | he lines are long | and there's no going back |
| G | C | |
| T | hrough hands of steel | and a heart of stone |
| G | C | D | |
| O | ur labour day has | come and gone |
| A | |
| And you l | eave us holding on |
| F | |
| In R | ed Hill Town, as the lights go down |
| G | D | |
| I | 'm hanging on |
| F | C | |
| You're all that's left to h | old on to |
| G | D | |
| I | 'm holding on |
| F | C | |
| You're all that's left to h | old on to |
| G | C | |
| T | he glass is cut, | the bottle runs dry |
| G | C | |
| O | ur love runs c | old in the caverns of the night |
| G | C | |
| W | e're wounded by | fear, injured in doubt |
| G | C | D | |
| I | can lose my | self, you I can't live | without |
| A | |
| Because you | keep me holding on |
| F | |
| In | Red Hill Town, as the lights go down |
| G | D | |
| I | 'm hanging on |
| F | C | |
| You're all that's left to h | old on to |
| G | D | |
| I | 'm holding on |
| F | C | |
| You're all that's left to h | old on to |
| G | C | |
| A | nd we scorch the | earth, set fire to the sky |
| G | C | |
| S | toop so | low to reach so hihgh |
| G | C | |
| A | link is | lost, the chain undone |
| G | C | D | |
| N | ow we wait all | day for the night to | come |
| A | |
| And it | comes |
| And it comes |
| F | |
| Like a | hunter (child) |
| G | D | |
| I | 'm hanging on |
| F | C | |
| You're all that's left to h | old on to |
| G | D | |
| I | 'm holding on |
| F | C | |
| You're all that's left to h | old on to |
| G | D | |
| We see l | ove sl | owly stripped away |
| F | C | |
| Our l | ove, has se | en a better day |
| G | D | |
| I | 'm hanging on |
| F | C | |
| You're all that's left to h | old on to |
| G | D | |
| I | 'm holding on |
| F | C | |
| You're all that's left to h | old on to |
| See the lights go down on Red Hill Town |
| See lights go down on Red Hill Town |