Dark as the Dungeon - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968 chords by 
Johnny Cash 
Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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young and so fine
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dark dreary mine
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It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
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Verse 2
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damp as the dew
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Danger is double, pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls,
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the sun never shines
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Verse 3
Well it's many a man,
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that I've seen in my day
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(No laughing during the song
please)
hell)
(Don't you know it's
recorded)
Like a fiend with his dope,
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And a dropper with his wine
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the lure of the mine
And, I pray when I'm dead
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and the ages shall roll
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and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door
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of my heavenly home
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And pity the miner digging my bones
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Verse 4
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damp as the dew
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pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls,
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the sun never shines
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It's dark as a dungeon way down
Verse 5
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
Sorry about that little interruption
there, but I just
Want to tell you that this show is
being recorded for an album
Release on Columbia Records and you can't
say hell or shit or anything like that
How's that grab you Bob?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Ab Bb
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