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Miner's Prayer chords by Dwight Yoakam, Ralph Stanley

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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 1
When the (G major)
whistle blows each morning
And I (D major) walk down in that cold, dark mine (G major)
I say a prayer to my dear Saviour
Please let me see (D major) the sunshine
one more time (G major)

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Verse 2
When oh (C major) when will it be (G major) over
When (C major) will I lay these burdens down (D major)
And when I (G major) die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please take my soul (D major) from 'neath that cold,
Interlude 1
dark ground
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 3
I still grieve (G major) for my poor brother
And I (D major) still hear my dear old mother cry (G major)
When late that night they came
and told her
He'd lost his (D major) life down in
the Big Shoal (G major) Mine
Verse 4
When oh (C major) when will it be (G major) over
When (C major) will I lay these burdens down (D major)
And when I (G major) die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please take my soul (D major) from 'neath that cold,
dark (G major) ground
Interlude 2
(C major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 5
I have no shame, (G major) I feel no sorrow
If on this earth (D major) not much I own (G major)
I have the love of my sweet children
An old (D major) plow mule, a shovel and a hoe (G major)
Verse 6
When oh (C major) when will it be (G major) over
When (C major) will I lay these burdens down (D major)
And when I (G major) die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please (D major) take my soul from 'neath that cold,
dark ground (G major)
Verse 7
Yeah when I (G major) die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please take my soul (D major) from 'neath that cold,
dark ground (G major)
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