Springfield Mountain Coal Miner

	  		


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Intro: G  D  Em  C  G  D  G 

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My brother was a Springfield Mountain coal miner 
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He had three young children and a darling wife 
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But last night there was a rumble on the mountain 
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Shaft number three came down and took his life 
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Shaft number three came down and took his life 


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Thirty miners died down in that cave-in 
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Thirteen times we've brought the wagons down 
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There's twenty graves we'll be digging in the churchyard 
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Ten more in the mountains underground 
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Ten more in the mountains underground 


Chorus: 
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Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home 
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Mamma's right behind you to take you home 
                    Em     C  G  D  G 
Where the cold wind blows 


Instrumental: G  C  G  C  D  C  G  D  Em  C  G  D  G   


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And my sister was a coal miner's daughter 
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My daddy was a coal miner's son 
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My family's lived and died on this mountain 
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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 


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One more year I'll be ready for the coal mine 
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One more year and I'll be going down 
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But every night when I pass by that mountain 
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I cry to see my brother underground 
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Yes, I cry to see my brother underground 


Chorus: 
    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 


Chorus: 
    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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She's gonna take you home 
                    G 
Where the cold wind blows