Give My Love To Marie

G C G I'm a black lung miner from East Tennessee G D Raised my family on cold dust and beans G C Em Am That old black lung's got me no life left in me G Am C G Hang the lantern in the window give my love to Marie G C G For twenty-five years I've worked in the mines G D Where the earth is as black as a cold winters night G C Em Am There's a million in the ground not a penny for me G Am C G Hang the latern in the window give my love to Marie G C G I've loved all my children six sons of mine G D I pray that they never must work in the mine G C Em Am For the black lung will get them they'll die just like me G Am C G Hang the latern in the window give my love to Marie SOLO G C G There's frost on the ground ice in the trees G D The air is so heavy I can't hardly breathe G C Em Am Oh the old black lung's got me and soon I'll be free G Am C G Hang my latern in the window give my love to Marie G Am C G Hang my latern in the window give my love to Marie Copyright @ 1976 Hardhit Music(BMI) From the "Two Sides To Every Story" LP RSO Records 1977