Eb
Oh once I was a young man
Cm Ab Eb
Looked over vales and hi-lls
G7 Cm
Saw myself a future
Ab Bb
of riches and of thrills
Eb
But on me fifteenth birthday
Cm Ab Eb
I paid my union du-es
Bb Ab Eb
And they sent me deep into the ground
Bb Eb
Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
Bb Cm Eb
Oh the summer's heat can parch me dry
Ab Eb
But I'll not leave here for a fortune
Bb Eb
I shall never leave here till I die
Eb
Oh once I had a family
Cm Ab Eb
Sons to make you pro-ud
G7 Cm
They have gone and left me now,
Ab Bb
And I count the time out loud
Eb
For now I am an old man
Cm Ab Eb
Just waiting for my tu-rn
Bb Ab Eb
Till they take me back into the ground
Bb Eb
Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
Bb Cm Eb
Oh the summer's heat can parch me dry
Ab Eb
But I'll not leave here for a fortune
Bb Eb
I shall never leave here till I die
Bb Eb
Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
Bb Cm Eb
Oh the summer's heat can parch me dry
Ab Eb
But I'll love these dark, dark hills forever
Bb Eb
And I won't leave them until I die
Eb
Oh once I loved a woman
Cm Ab Eb
She meant all the world to me-e
G7 Cm
Saw ourselves a future
Ab Bb
As far as I could see
Eb
But I was only forty-seven
Cm Ab Eb
when they took her down from me-e
Bb Ab Eb
And buried her deep...
Bb Eb
Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
Bb Cm Eb
Oh the summer's heat can parch me dry
Ab Eb
But I'll love these dark, dark hills forever
Bb Eb
And I won't leave them now until I die
