Chords for Gil Scott-Heron | Three Miles Down

[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, that's the best thing I did all day.
_ [F] _ [Dm] _ You know, I [F] had given up playing this song for a while.
So when I got [Cm] back over here, _ _ the first headline I noticed
that had to do with the Coal Miners Union [F] again,
I said, wait. _
_ _ _ So I started to put [Cm] this back in my repertoire
since it's still in the news.
And this is a song that we like to start off [F] with
because we like to all start off together,
figuring there's a better chance of us ending up that way.
[Cm] So I'd like to have y'all sing with us if you're good.
This is gonna be the part.
The Coal Miners sing on their [F] way to work.
Now I know there are a lot of you who don't do songs
about coal miners, but this may [Cm] soon change
if you have to go get your own coal. _ _
You wake [F] up in the morning with a lamp on your head.
You'll be glad you know this song.
_ [Cm] Do do do do do do do do do do [F] do do do do do do _ _ [Cm] do do do
do do _ do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] do do do do do do do do do [F] do do do do do do do do
do _ _ do [Cm] do do do do do do do _ _ do do do do do do do do [F] do do
do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do [Cm] do do do do
[F] do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
Another [Cm] shift to me and some of my friends [F] coming on.
_ _ [Cm] Hard to imagine working [F] in the mines.
Got coal dust [Cm] in your lungs, on your skin, and [F] on your mind.
_ _ [Ab] _
Yeah, well, I've [Gm] listened to the speeches.
_ [Cm] And it occurred to me, politicians don't [F] understand.
[Ab] Thoughts of isolation [Am] ain't no sunshine in the ground.
[F] It's just like [Fm] working in a graveyard [Cm] a few miles down.
Do, do, do, do, do, do, _ _ [C] _ [F] do, do, _ _ do, do, do, do, do, [Cm] do, do,
say, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, [F] do, do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do, do.
[Cm] Damn dereliction, I'm not as old as the [F] mines.
But [Cm] the things that happen in the pits
just [F] don't change with the times.
Work till [Cm] you're exhausted, to [F] lose face.
A history [Cm] of disaster feels [F] next on your face.
_ [Ab] _ Somebody said to people, [Gm] the body says that's [Cm] fine.
But the devil is saying it [F] ain't done one day in the mines.
[Ab] Say, it starts just in front [Am] of you.
Hear that cracking sound at [F] night,
working [Bbm] in a graveyard a few [Cm] miles down.
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, [F] do, do, do,
do, do, do, do, do, do, say.
[Cm] Do, do, do, do, do.
_ _ _ [F] Do, do, do, do.
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
Over the hill a little softer.
[Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ Do, do, do, do, do.
Make it feel that way a little bit.
[F] _ Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
Thank you very much, you're doing [Cm] good. _
_ Very good, very good. _ _ _