Key: C
Introduction:
C
When the whistle blows each morning
G7 C
And I walk down in that cold dark mine
C
I say a prayer to my dear savior
G7 C
please let me see that sun shine one more time
F C
when oh when will it be over
F G
When will I lay these burdens down
C
And when I die, dear Lord in heaven
G7 C
Please take soul from 'neath that cold dark ground
C
I still grieve for my poor brother
G7 C
and I still hear my dear old mother cry
C
Late that night they came and told her
G7 C
he lost his life down in the van leer mine
F C
when oh when will it be over
F G
When will I lay these burdens down
C
And when I die, dear Lord in heaven
G7
Please take soul from 'neath that cold dark ground
C
I have no shame, I feel no sorrow
G7 C
If this earth, not much I own
C
I have the love of my sweet children
G7 C
An old plow mule, a shovel and a hoe
F C
when oh when will it be over
F G
When will I lay these burdens down
C
And when I die, dear Lord in heaven
G7 C
Please take soul from 'neath that cold dark ground
C
Yeah when I die, dear Lord in heaven
G7 C
Please take soul from 'neath that cold dark ground