Daddys Dinner Bucket Chords by Ralph Stanley Ii

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_ _ _ For thirty-odd years Daddy worked [A] underground and carried [E] his bitter button _
He was dented and scarred from mine-carved, and [B] rock-false he avoided
_ [A] He was proud to [B] be earning [E] a living, he didn't take [A] a dime from no one
[E] The danger he braved and the black on his [B] face were the marks of the [E] man who loved him _
The sirens all sounded on a winter's [A] day, eight men were [E] trapped in the mountain
_ It was methane gas and all the blasts, they heard it [B] all around the walls
[A] When they carried him [B] out into daylight, [E] that old inner [A] pal was missing
I [E] know well he's up there [B] now and Daddy's [E] got it with
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Daddy took his dinner bucket [E] through the gates of heaven
With coal dust in his pockets, he's working [B] now for Jesus
[A] Earning his [E] pay with angel wings, because God needed a good man
So Daddy took his dinner bucket [B]
through the [E] gates of heaven _ _ _
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Way down in the mine just about Lord's [A] time, they swear they [E] hear him talk
_ And see him leaning up against the rib, reaching [B] in his bucket
_ [A] There's an extra [B] miner on the night [E] shift, watching over [A] all the _ others
[E] Checking roof bolts and watching for [B] smoke, spotting [E] unsafe _ timbers
[A]
Daddy took his dinner bucket [E] through the gates of heaven
With coal dust in his pockets, he's working [B] now for Jesus
Earning [A]
his [E] pay with angel wings, because God needed a good man
So Daddy took his dinner bucket [B]
through the [E] gates of heaven
_ [A] He's earning his [E] pay with angel wings, because God needed a good man
So Daddy took his dinner bucket [B]
through [A] the gates of heaven
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