Dave Gunning - The Miner's Song
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C G Am F Am G F G
C F C
Billy's first breath was the last for his mother
Am G C
He was born on the shores of a town called Glace Bay
F C
And all that he had was himself and his father
G C
And he lived in a house about a mile down the way
F C
His dad was a big man, he worked as a miner
Am G C
Billy grew more to be like him each day
F C
'Cause every boy's dream was to work with his father
G C
In the mine that ran under the bay
CHORUS:
G G7 C
"My son," he said, "don't be a miner,
G C
'Cause it's hard work and too little pay.
G C F
You'll dig in that hole for the company's coal
C G C
And wind up just digging your grave."
F C
Billy grew older but never grew wiser
Am G C
Fighting and drinking his young life away
F C
He reached for the top, but wound up on the bottom
G C
Of the mine that ran under the bay
CHORUS:
G G7 C
"My son," he said, "don't be a miner,
G C
'Cause it's hard work and too little pay.
G C F
You'll dig in that hole for the company's coal
C G C
And wind up just digging your grave."
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C F C G C G Am G C
F C
They say that it happened one morning in April
Am G C
A cave-in at Number Eleven that day
F C
Billy got there as his dad reached the surface
G C
In his dying words he did say:
CHORUS:
G G7 C
"My son," he said, "don't be a miner,
G C
'Cause it's hard work and too little pay.
G C F
You'll dig in that hole for the company's coal
C G C
And wind up just digging your grave."
CHORUS:
G G7 C
"My son," he said, "don't be a miner,
G C
'Cause it's hard work and too little pay.
G C F
You'll dig in that hole for the company's coal
C G C
And wind up just digging your grave.
G C F
Yeah, you'll dig in that hole for the company's coal
C G C Am G C
And wind up just digging your grave."
