Springfield Mountain Coal Miner

CAPO: 4th Fret Intro: G D Em C G D G C G My brother was a Springfield Mountain coal miner C D He had three young children and a darling wife C G But last night there was a rumble on the mountain D Em C Shaft number three came down and took his life G D G Shaft number three came down and took his life C G Thirty miners died down in that cave-in C D Thirteen times we've brought the wagons down C G There's twenty graves we'll be digging in the churchyard D Em C Ten more in the mountains underground G D G G7 Ten more in the mountains underground Chorus: C G D G Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home C G D Mamma's right behind you to take you home Em C G D G Where the cold wind blows Instrumental: G C G C D C G D Em C G D G C G And my sister was a coal miner's daughter C D My daddy was a coal miner's son C G My family's lived and died on this mountain D Em C Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come G D G Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come C G One more year I'll be ready for the coal mine C D One more year and I'll be going down C G But every night when I pass by that mountain D Em C I cry to see my brother underground G D G Yes, I cry to see my brother underground Chorus: C G D G Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home C G D Mamma's right behind you to take you home Em C Where the cold wind blows Chorus: G D G Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home C G D Mamma's right behind you to take you home Em C Where the cold wind blows G D She's gonna take you home G Where the cold wind blows