Key: E major•
Verse 1
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D
Moving around the West Virginia mines,
which meant only one thing.
Cave -in.
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Crushing, crumbling cave -in.
Then, panic,
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and the terrifying rush to dig him out.
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in a West Virginia mine.
Black with coal right to their soul
and sweat for each dime
No one noticed the crumbling wall
until it started to fall
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and drilly drillers
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Diggy diggers and drilly drillers
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There are fourteen lives on the line
but their hearts are down below
Tear -filled eyes and endless sighs,
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So we've got to diggy diggers
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and drilly drillers
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There are fourteen men in the mine
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Dig, ye diggers, and drill,
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ye drillers,
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there are fourteen lives
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on the line.
and there's no time to spare.
Move that dirt, move that dirt,
it could be Afghan there.
Move that dirt, save those lives,
and pray to God we'll find a way.
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and drilly drillers
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Diggy diggers and drilly drillers
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There are fourteen lives
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on the line you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D Em Bm
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