Blue Diamond Mines Chords by Kathy Mattea

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I _ _ _ remember the _ ways _ _ _ [Dm] in the _
[F] bygone days [G] when we [F] were [G] in our prime.
_ _ How us and John L.
_ [Dm] gave the [C] old man hell [G] down in the [F] blue diamond [G] mine.
_ Well the whistle _ _ _ blowed and the rooster crowed [G] two hours [F] before [Gm] daylight.
_ _ _ [G] When a man done his _ _ best [F] and he earned his good rest [G] made seventeen [F] _
dollars a night.
_ _ In the mines, [Dm] in the [G] mines, in the blue [C] diamond mines _ [G] I worked [F] my life away.
_ _ _ In the mines, in the mines, in the blue diamond [C] _
mines.
_ Oh fall on [D] your knees and [G] pray _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ you [G] old black gold. _ _ _ _ _
[F] You've taken my love [G] and your dust [Bb] has darkened [G] my home. _ _ _
And now that we're _ old [F] you're turning your back [G] where else can [F] an old [G] miner go.
_ Well it's alama _ block _ [D] and it's big leather wood [G] and now it's blue [F] diamond [G] too. _ _
Well the pits are all _ _ closed [Dm] and it's [F] yet another job what else can an old miner do. _ _
_ In the mines, in [Dm] the mines, in the blue diamond [C] mines _ _ I worked [F] my life away. _
_ In the mines, [Dm] in the mines, in the blue diamond _ [C] mines.
_ Oh [G] fall [F] on your knees [G] and pray _
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[Gm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ John L.
had a _ dream.
_ _ _ But it's [Dm] broken [F] it seems [G] and mining [F] has had its day.
_ _ But they're stripping _ _ _ off [Dm] my [F] mountain top [G] and they pay me [F] eight [Gm] dollars a day.
And _ [G] I get a little _ _ poke [Dm] of _ welfare means [G] a little [F] poke of _ [G] welfare fly.
_ _ But I tell you right _ now you won't [F] _
_ qualify [G] to do your work [F] for a quarter [G] _ now.
_ _ In the mines, [F] in the [G] mines, in the blue [C] diamond mines _ [G] I worked [D] my life [G] away.
_ _ _ In the mines, [F] in the [G] mines, in the blue [C] diamond _ mines.
[G] Oh fall [D] on your knees [G] and pray. _ _ _ _ _
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