The Miner's Wife

The Miner's Wife easy guitar chords by Merle Travis

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

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  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • E

  • Dm

  • Bb

  • F

  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • E

  • Dm

  • Bb

  • F

  • Verse 1
    Here's 
    a song about 

    coal miner's wife. 

    Now 
    she 
    may be unsun
    g, 


    but she's sure not 
    unappreciated. 

    Her 
    hours 
    of labor are 
    long, 

    but she faces 
    her duty 
    with 
    spirit. 

    She dread
    s no 
    task, 

    an
    d she 
    meet
    s her 
    end
    less 

    chores 
    with cour
    age. 

    My 
    mother was 
    miner's 
    wife, 

    and 
    I've 
    seen these 
    hard 

    -working women 

    do everything 
    mentioned 
    in 
    this song, 

    and 
    even 
    more. 

    I wish 
    was cap
    able of 
    paying 

    much more 
    proper 
    tribute 

    to these 
    gal
    lant 
    ladies, 

    a trib
    ute that 
    the coal 
    miner's 
    wife 
    certainly 

    deserves. 

    She's 
    up 
    every 

    mornin' 
    for 
    daybreak 

    When 
    the 
    coal 
    oil lamp's 
    light 
    is dim 

    For 
    she's 
    got 
    man 
    with 

    job 
    on 
    his hands 

    And 
    she's 
    fixin' 
    breakfast 
    for 
    him 

    But 
    she never 
    grumbles 

    She's 
    fixin' 
    breakfast 
    for 
    him 

    Now 
    this 
    is 
    the life 
    of 

    coal 
    miner's 
    wife, 

    when 
    her 
    man 
    is 
    gone 
    to 
    the 
    mine. 

    She 
    washes 
    his 
    clothes, 

    she 
    knits 
    and she 
    sews, 

    for 
    they 
    are 
    two 
    of 
    kind, 

    hard 
    working 
    people, 

    they are 
    two 
    of 
    kind. 

    She 
    fills 
    up 
    her man's 
    dinner bucket 

    Far 
    around 
    about 
    the 
    middle 
    of 
    day 

    He 
    will 
    sit down 
    to 
    eat 

    Though 
    it's 
    taters 
    and 
    meat 

    He'll 
    keep 
    up his 
    strength 
    that 
    way 

    And 
    she knows 
    it 

    He'll 
    keep up 
    his 
    strength 
    that 
    way. 

    Now 
    this 
    is 
    the life 
    of 

    coal 
    miner's 
    wife 

    When 
    her 
    man 
    is 
    gone 
    to 
    the mine 

    She 
    washes 
    his 
    clothes, 

    she 
    knits, 
    she 
    sews 

    For 
    they 
    are 
    two 
    of 
    a kind 

    Hard 
    -working 
    people, 

    they're 
    two 
    of 
    kind 


    She 
    makes 
    up 
    the bed, 
    does 
    the 
    dishes, 

    an
    cleans 
    house 
    the 

    best 
    that 
    she can

    With 
    an 
    old 
    homemade 
    broom 

    she 
    will scrub 
    every 
    room. 

    Then 
    she 
    fixes 
    supper 
    for 
    her 
    man, 

    cause 
    he'll 
    be hungry, 

    she'll 
    have 
    supper 
    fixed 
    for 
    her 
    man. 

    Now 
    this 
    is 
    the life 
    of 

    coal 
    miner's 
    wife 

    when 
    her 
    man 
    is 
    gone 
    to 
    the mine. 

    She 
    washes 
    his 
    clothes, 

    she knit
    an
    d she 
    sews, 

    for 
    they 
    are 
    two 
    of 
    a kind. 

    And 
    the 
    hardest 
    -working 
    people, 

    they're 
    two 
    of 
    kind. 

    On 
    Sunday, 
    they both 
    go 
    to 
    meetin' 

    an
    thank 
    him 
    who 
    watches 
    above. 

    Though 
    they may 
    be 
    tarred, 

    for 
    their 
    work 
    is 
    hard, 

    she's 
    proud 
    of the 
    miner 
    she 
    loves, 

    and God 
    knows 
    it. 

    She's 
    proud 
    of the miners 
    she 
    loves. 

    Now 
    this 
    is 
    the 
    life 
    of 

    coal 
    miner's 
    wife 

    When 
    her 
    man 
    is 
    gone 
    to 
    the 
    mine. 

    She 
    washes 
    his 
    clothes, 

    she knit
    s, 
    she sews 

    For 
    they 
    are 
    two 
    of 
    kind 

    Hardest 
    working 
    people, 

    they're 
    two 
    of 
    kind. 

    you 

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