Dierks Bentley - Down In The Mine

down in the mine – dierks bentley
capo 2

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here in harlan county , the choices are few
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to keep food on the table and the babies in shoes
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you can grow marijuana way back in the pines
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or work for the man down in the mine

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you never forget your first day in the hole
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there’s a pit in your stomach and your mouth’s full of coal
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there’s no turning back once you make up your mind
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as the cart rattles on down in the mine

chorus :
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way down in the mine , your tears turn to mud
C G
and you can’t catch your breath for the dust in your lungs
D Em C
loading hillbilly gold where the sun never shines
C G C G
twelve hours a day , diggin’ your grave
D G
way down in the mine

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well the old timers talk but you just don’t believe
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it can all go to hell at two thousand feet
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life sways in the balance of nature and time
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and fate has no mercy down in the mine

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the news spreads like fire and burned through those hills
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hopes were held high but five men got killed
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on the wings of canaries , your soul surely flies
G Em D C
while your bones spend eternity down in the mine

chorus :
C D Em
way down in the mine , your tears turn to mud
C G
and you can’t catch your breath for the dust in your lungs
D Em C
loading hillbilly gold where the sun never shines
C G C G
twelve hours a day , diggin’ your grave
D G
way down in the mine

G C G
so take a flask from your crib can can and a pull of moonshine
G Em D C
and say a prayer for them boys down in the mine

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