Mannington Mine Disaster chords by 
Hazel Dickens 
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Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
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F
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We read in the paper and the radio tales
Us to raise our children
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to be miners as well
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Tell them how safe the mines are today
And to be like daddy,
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bring home a big pay
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Now don't you believe them, my boy,
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that story's a lie
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Re member the disaster
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at the Mannington mine
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Where 78 miners were burned alive,
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because of unsafe conditions
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your daddy died.
They lure you with money,
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it sure is a sight.
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When you may never live to see daylight
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With your name among
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the big head lines
Like that awful disaster
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at the Mannington mine.
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So don't you believe them, my boy,
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that story's a lie.
Remember the disaster
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at the Mannington mine.
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Where sev enty -eight good men
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so uselessly died
Oh, don't follow your daddy
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to the Mannington mine
There's a man in a big house
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way up on the hill
Far, from the shack
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where the poor miner lives
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He's got plenty of money,
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Lord, everything's fine
And he has forgotten the
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Mannington mine
Forgotten, forgotten,
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the Mannington mine
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There is a grave way down
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in the Mannington mind.
There is a great way down
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in the Mannington mind.
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Oh, what were their last thoughts?
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What were their cries
as the flames overtook them
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in the Mannington Mines.
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So don't you believe them, my boy.
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That story's a lie.
Remember the disaster
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at the Mannington Mines.
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Where 78 miners were
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burned alive
Because of unsafe conditions
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your daddy died
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How can God forgive you?
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You do know what you've done
You've killed my husband
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Now you want my son.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb F Eb
Bb
F
Eb
Capo: 3
Transpose: 0
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