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Intro: Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F Bb X2
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verse 1:
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F Bb
Nothing they could do just sit down there as the black closed all around them
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F
And the water rose so quick and cold an unlikely place to drown
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[Refrão] Eb Bb F Eb Bb F Bb
Nine in the mine, trapped down below, down, down, down in the ground
Eb Bb F Bb Eb Bb F Bb
And this would be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye, take care of the family, I'm buried alive
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verse 2:
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F Bb
They held their heads up high as they strugged hard to breathe
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F
And asked the lord to open his arms for the nine souls he'd receive
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[Refrão] Eb Bb F Eb Bb F Bb
Nine in the mine, trapped down below, down, down, down in the ground
Eb Bb F Bb Eb Bb F Bb
And this would be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye, take care of the family, I'm buried alive
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Break: Bb Eb X3 F Bb
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Solo: Eb Bb F Bb X2
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verse 3:
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F Bb
They lashed themselves together so in Death all might be found
Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F
And prayed there for a miracle some twenty-four stories down
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[Refrão] Eb Bb F Eb Bb F Bb
Nine in the mine, trapped down below, down, down, down in the ground
Eb Bb F Bb Eb Bb F Bb
And this would be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye, take care of the family, I'm buried alive
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Outro: Eb Bb F Eb Bb F Bb
down, down, down in the ground