Capo 2 G5 C5 G5 Here in Harlan County, the choices are Few G5 E5 D5 C5 To keep food on the table and the babies in shoes G5 C5 G5 You can grow marijuana way back in the pines G5 E5 D5 C5 Or work for the man down in the mine G5 C5 G5 You never forget your first day in the hole G5 E5 D5 C5 There's a pit in your stomach and your mouth's full of coal G5 C5 G5 There's no turning back once you make up your mind G5 E5 D5 C5 As the cart rattles on down in the mine Chorus: C5 D5 E5 Way down in the mine, your tears turn to mud C5 G5 And you can't catch your breath for the dust in your lungs D5 E5 C5 Loading hillbilly gold where the sun never shines C5 G5 C5 G5 Twelve hours a day, diggin' your grave D5 G5 Way down in the mine G5 C5 G5 Well the old timers talk but you just don't believe G5 E5 D5 C5 It can all go to hell at two thousand feet G5 C5 G5 Life sways in the balance of nature and time G5 E5 D5 C5 And fate has no mercy down in the mine G5 C5 G5 The news spreads like fire and burned through those hills G5 E5 D5 C5 Hopes were held high but five men got killed G5 C5 G5 On the wings of canaries, your soul surely flies G5 E5 D5 C5 While your bones spend eternity down in the mine Chorus: C5 D5 E5 Way down in the mine, your tears turn to mud C5 G5 And you can't catch your breath for the dust in your lungs D5 E5 C5 Loading hillbilly gold where the sun never shines C5 G5 C5 G5 Twelve hours a day, diggin' your grave D5 G5 Way down in the mine G5 C5 G5 So take a flask from your crib can can and a pull of moonshine G5 E5 D5 C5 And say a prayer for them boys down in the mine ttwnsend 06-10
