Key: G
Introduction: G D Em C G D G
C G
My brother was a Springfield Mountain coal miner
C D
He had three young children and a darling wife
C G
But last night there was a rumble on the mountain
D Em C
Shaft number three came down and took his life
G D G
Shaft number three came down and took his life
C G
Thirty miners died down in that cave-in
C D
Thirteen times we've brought the wagons down
C G
There's twenty graves we'll be digging in the churchyard
D Em C
Ten more in the mountains underground
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Ten more in the mountains underground
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Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
C G D
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
Em C G D G
Where the cold wind blows
C G
And my sister was a coal miner's daughter
C D
My daddy was a coal miner's son
C G
My family's lived and died on this mountain
D Em C
Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come
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Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come
C G
One more year I'll be ready for the coal mine
C D
One more year and I'll be going down
C G
But every night when I pass by that mountain
D Em C
I cry to see my brother underground
G D G
Yes, I cry to see my brother underground
C G D G
Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
C G D
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
Em C
Where the cold wind blows
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Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
C G D
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
Em C
Where the cold wind blows
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She's gonna take you home
G
Where the cold wind blows