Chords for Foghorn Stringband - Mining Camp Blues (Live at Pickathon)
Tempo:
118.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
C
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[D]
Once I had a [G] daddy [D]
[G]
and he worked down [D] in a hole
[A] Diggin' in a hole in a bourbon [D] and coal
I [G] wondered when he'd bring my [D] daddy home
[G] Many times I wondered when he'd bring my [D] daddy home
[A] Will he come back to me, will they leave him [D] in the grave?
Hey, hey, [A] hey, oh, lady, [D] oh, lady
[G]
[D]
[G] Something [D]
[A]
[D]
like a picture [G]
that they've been down [Dm] in [D] the grave
[G] Something like a picture that they've been down [D] in the grave
[A] Wondering will they break in, lordy, lordy, who [D] can tell?
It was late one evening [G] and I was standing at [D] that gate
[G] It was late one evening and I was standing at [D] that gate
[A] Foreman said my daddy had gone down for his [D] last wine
Yodel-ay, hey, [A] hey, daddy, [D] yodel-ay
[G]
[D]
[G] He
[D]
[A]
[D]
was a coal miner [G] from his head down [D] to his shoes
[G] He was a coal miner from his head down [D] to his shoes
[A] And I know he's dying from these mining [D] down there
[C]
[D]
[C]
[G] [D]
[D]
Once I had a [G] daddy [D]
[G]
and he worked down [D] in a hole
[A] Diggin' in a hole in a bourbon [D] and coal
I [G] wondered when he'd bring my [D] daddy home
[G] Many times I wondered when he'd bring my [D] daddy home
[A] Will he come back to me, will they leave him [D] in the grave?
Hey, hey, [A] hey, oh, lady, [D] oh, lady
[G]
[D]
[G] Something [D]
[A]
[D]
like a picture [G]
that they've been down [Dm] in [D] the grave
[G] Something like a picture that they've been down [D] in the grave
[A] Wondering will they break in, lordy, lordy, who [D] can tell?
It was late one evening [G] and I was standing at [D] that gate
[G] It was late one evening and I was standing at [D] that gate
[A] Foreman said my daddy had gone down for his [D] last wine
Yodel-ay, hey, [A] hey, daddy, [D] yodel-ay
[G]
[D]
[G] He
[D]
[A]
[D]
was a coal miner [G] from his head down [D] to his shoes
[G] He was a coal miner from his head down [D] to his shoes
[A] And I know he's dying from these mining [D] down there
[C]
[D]
[C]
[G] [D]
Key:
D
G
A
C
Dm
D
G
A
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Once I had a [G] daddy _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
and he worked down [D] in a hole _ _
_ _ _ [A] Diggin' in a hole in a bourbon [D] and coal
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] wondered when he'd bring my [D] daddy home _
_ _ _ [G] Many times I wondered when he'd bring my [D] daddy home _ _
_ _ _ [A] Will he come back to me, will they leave him [D] in the grave? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey, hey, [A] hey, oh, lady, [D] oh, lady _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Something _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ like a picture [G]
that they've been down [Dm] in [D] the _ _ grave
_ _ [G] Something like a picture that they've been down [D] in the _ grave
_ _ _ [A] Wondering will they break in, lordy, lordy, who [D] can tell? _ _
_ _ _ It was late one evening [G] and I was standing at [D] that gate _ _
_ _ [G] It was late one evening and I was standing at [D] that _ _ gate
_ _ _ [A] Foreman said my daddy had gone down for his [D] last _ _ _ wine
_ Yodel-ay, hey, [A] hey, daddy, _ [D] yodel-ay _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ He _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ was a coal miner [G] from his head down [D] to his shoes _ _ _
_ [G] He was a coal miner from his head down [D] to his shoes _ _
_ _ [A] And I know he's dying from these mining [D] down there _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Once I had a [G] daddy _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
and he worked down [D] in a hole _ _
_ _ _ [A] Diggin' in a hole in a bourbon [D] and coal
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] wondered when he'd bring my [D] daddy home _
_ _ _ [G] Many times I wondered when he'd bring my [D] daddy home _ _
_ _ _ [A] Will he come back to me, will they leave him [D] in the grave? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey, hey, [A] hey, oh, lady, [D] oh, lady _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ Something _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ like a picture [G]
that they've been down [Dm] in [D] the _ _ grave
_ _ [G] Something like a picture that they've been down [D] in the _ grave
_ _ _ [A] Wondering will they break in, lordy, lordy, who [D] can tell? _ _
_ _ _ It was late one evening [G] and I was standing at [D] that gate _ _
_ _ [G] It was late one evening and I was standing at [D] that _ _ gate
_ _ _ [A] Foreman said my daddy had gone down for his [D] last _ _ _ wine
_ Yodel-ay, hey, [A] hey, daddy, _ [D] yodel-ay _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ He _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ was a coal miner [G] from his head down [D] to his shoes _ _ _
_ [G] He was a coal miner from his head down [D] to his shoes _ _
_ _ [A] And I know he's dying from these mining [D] down there _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _