[Verse]
Am C F Em C
Jesse got trapped in a coal mine, digging in the dark black pearl
C Am Em C
Jesse got trapped in a coal mine, never did marry his girl
F C
There ain't no air, and there ain't no light
G C G
and there ain't no way to make it out alive
C G
His wedding was planned for the 5th of July
C Am Em C
But Jesse got trapped in a coal mine and never did marry his girl
C Am C F Am C
C Am C
Your hands gets black and your eyes gets burned, your lungs get tired and poor
C Am C
It draws you in like an opium den, and beckons you back for more
There ain't no air and there ain't no light
G
and there ain't no way to make it out alive
C
His wedding was planned for the 5th of July
Am C G C
But Jesse got trapped in a coal mine and never did marry his girl
[Chorus]
G C
Down, down under West Virginia
G C
Down, down in the pitch black earth
F C G
Down, down on her knees she cried
F
My love is somewhere in that mountain
[Interlude]
C Am C Am C G C Am Em C
[Verse]
C Am Em Am C
Jesse got trapped in a coal mine, digging in the dark black pearl
C Am Em Am C
Jesse got trapped in a coal mine, never did marry his girl
C G
She held out hope for a couple of months that he was still living somewhere
F C
that he'd put up the strongest kind of fight
F C
and he'd dig himself out with the dynamite,
F C
And he'd finally be free on the 5th of July
C Am Em Am C
But Jesse got trapped in the coal mine and never did marry his girl
[Chorus]
G C
Down, down under West Virginia
G C
Down, down in the pitch black earth
F C G
Down, down on her knees she cried
G C
Down, down deep below the surface
G C
Down, down by the mason-dixon line
F C G
Down, down on her knees she cried
C
My love is somewhere in that mountain
