CAPO 1 
 
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In the black dust towns of east Tennessee  
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All the work's about the same 
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And you may not go to the job in the ground  
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But you learn the miner's refrain 
 

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I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole,  
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Down in a deep, dark hole 
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I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole,  
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Down in a deep, dark hole  
 
VERSE 2: 
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When you search the rain for the silver cloud  
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And you wait on days of gold 
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When you pitch to the bottom  
          
And the dirt comes down  
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You cry so cold, so cold 
 
CHORUS: 
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I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole,  
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Down in a deep, dark hole 
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I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole,  
          D          G  
Down in a deep, dark hole 
 
VERSE 3: 
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Now there's something good in a worried song  
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For the trouble in your soul 
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'Cause a worried man who's been a long way down 
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Down in a deep dark hole 
 
CHORUS: 
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I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole,  
          D          G  
Down in a deep, dark hole 
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I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole,  
          D          G  
Down in a deep, dark hole 
              D          G  
I'm down in a deep, dark hole