Blue Diamond Mines chords by Kathy Mattea
Intro 1
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I re
Verse 1
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member the
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ways in the by gone days
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When we were in our prime
How us and John L
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Give the old man hell
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Down in the blue diamond mine
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Verse 2
Well the whistle blowed
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And the rooster crowed
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Two hours before daylight
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When a man done his best
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And he earned his good rest
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Made seventeen dollars at night
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Verse 3
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In the mines, in the mines
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In the blue diamond mines
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I worked my life away
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In the mines, in the mines
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In the blue diamond mines
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Fall on your knees and pray
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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You old black gold
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You've taken my lungs
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And your dust has darkened my home
And now that we're old
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Your turning your back
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Where else can an old miner go?
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Verse 5
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Well its almablock and big leatherwood
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And now it's blue diamond too
Well the pits are all closed
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And it's get another job
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What else can an older miner do?
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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John M had a dream
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But it is broken it seems
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Mining has had it's day
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But they're stripping off my mountaintop
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And they pay me eight dollars a day
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Verse 7
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I've did a little pogo of welfare meals
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A little pogo of welfare flour
But I tell you right now
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You won't qualify until you work for a quarter
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an
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hour
Outro 1
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Blue Diamond Mines
Kathy Mattea
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