Key: F major
Intro 1
D
Verse 1
G
A
so young and so fine
D
G
Seek not your fortune in the dark,
It'll form like a habit and
G
A
seep in your soul
G
D
is as black as the coal
G
D
and damp as the dew
G
A
and the sun never shines
G
D
down in the mine
There's many a man I have
G
A
known in my day
D
G
D
Who lived just to labor his whole life away
Like a fiend for his dough and
G
A
a drunkard for his wine
G
D
the lure of the mind
And I hope when I'm gone
G
A
and the ages will roll
D
G
D
My body will blacken and turn into coal
And I'll look from the door
G
A
of my heavenly home
D
G
D
And pity the miner digging my bones
G
D
and damp as the dew
A
G
The dangers are double and the pleasures
are few
A
shines
D
G
It's as dark as a dungeon way down in the
D
G
A
D
G
D
by
G
A
D
G
D
G
D
and damp as the dew
G
A
and the sun never shines
G
Em
D
way down in the mud
you
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ChordsD G A Em
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