Chords for Marty Stuart Performs "Dark as a Dungeon" | Kentucky Muse | KET

_ But the thing that I've learned to cherish the most is the verse that doesn't get used much.
_ Come all you fellows, [Bbm] so young and [C] so fine, _ [F] Seek not your fortune, the [Bb] dark dreary [F] mind, _ _
_ _ It'll form as a habit, they [Bb] see, through your [C] soul,
Till the stream of your blood [Bbm] runs as black as [F] the coal,
_ _ _ [C] For it's dark as a dungeon, [G] and damp [F] as a dew,
[C] Where danger is double, and [Bbm] pleasures [F] are few, _ _ _
For the rain, _ _ _ the [Bb] sun never [C] shines,
It's dark [F] as a dungeon, [Bb] way down in [F] the mine, _
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As many a man I've known in [C] my day,
[F] Who lived just to labor [Bb] his whole life [F] away, _
_ _ _ Like a fiend with his dope, or [Bb] a drunk with [C] his wine,
A man will [F] have lust [Bb] for the lure [F] of the mine,
_ _ _ [C] For it's dark as a dungeon, and [F] damp as a dew,
[C] Where danger is double, and pleasures [F] are few,
For the rain never falls, the [Bbm] sun [C] never shines,
It's [F] dark as a dungeon, [Bb] way down in [F] the mine,
That verse we spoke about, I call it the unused verse, or the underused verse, I love it.
_ Oh, the midnight, the morning, or [Bb] the middle [C] of day,
[Fm] Is the same to [F] the mind, as digging away,
_ _ _ _ The demons of death, often come by [C] surprise,
[F] One fall of the slate, then you're buried [F] alive, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] It's dark as a dungeon, [F] and damp as a dew,
Where [C] danger is double, [Bb] and pleasures [F] are few,
_ _ _ For the rain never falls, the [Bb] sun never [C] shines,
It's dark [F] as a dungeon, [Bb] way down in the [F] mine, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And I pray, when I'm dead, _ and the [Bb] ages [C] shall roll,
_ That [F] my body would blacken, and [Bb] turn into [F] coal, _ _
_ _ _ Then I'll look _ from the door of my [C] heavenly home, _
_ _ And [F] pity the miner, _ [Bb] who's a-digging [F] my boat, _ _
_ _ [C] Where it's dark _ as a dungeon, _ [G] and damp [F] as a dew,
Where [C] danger is double, _ [Bb] and pleasures _ [F] are few,
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_ [F] Where the rain never falls, _ [Bb] the sun never [C] shines, _
_ _ _ It's dark as a dungeon, _ [Bb] way down in [F] the mine. _ _
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