From the 2006 album Gob Iron: Death Songs for the Living
http://www.gobiron.net

3/4 time
Pull off/hammer on the high E string on alternate bars between D and Dsus2 for the D 
in the verses, like this: D// Dsus2//

Do the same on the G string on alternate bars between A and A7 on the A chords in the 
like this: A// A7//

Intro: same as verse chords.  Listen to the CD for the timing.

D / Dsus2 (3x)
A / A7 (3x)
D / Dsus2 (2x)
Bm G D G A D

Verse 1:

D / Dsus2                               A / A7
Silicosis, silicosis you made a mess of me

You robbed me of my youth and health
        D / Dsus2
All you brought to me was grief
                       Bm           G
Silicosis, silicosis a robber and a thief
                    D
You robbed me of my right to live
        G          A      D
All you brought to me was grief

Verse 2:

I was there digging that tunnel for dollars a day
I was there digging that tunnel for dollars a day
Didn't know that I was digging my own grave
All the time silicosis bleeding my life away

Verse 1 chords over harmonica solo

Verse 3:
Tupelo Mississippi you made a mess of me
I gambled my life savings trying to find a better way
Now I've traveled all over this country
No insurance to make me well
This sweet land of liberty
No escape from this dying hell

Verse 4:
Oh mama, oh mama come cool my fevered head
Oh mama, oh mama come cool my fevered head
Oh mama, oh mama come cool my fevered head
I'm gonna meet my Jesus, God knows I'll soon be dead

Verse chords over harmonica solo

End on G, A, D