Chords for Merle Travis - Dark as a Dungeon - 1947
Tempo:
120.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [A]
It's as dark as a dungeon [D] way down [A] in the mine.
I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky.
I was talking to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born and an old friend of the family.
He says, son, you don't know how lucky you are to have a nice job like you've got
and don't have to dig out a living from under these old hills and hollers like me and your pappy used to.
When I asked him why he never had left and tried some other kind of work, he says, no, sir, you just won't do that.
If ever you get this old coal dust in your blood, you're just going to be a plain old coal miner as long as you live.
He went on to say it's a habit, sort of like chewing tobacco.
Come and listen, you [D] fellers, so young and [E] so fine, [A] and seek not your fortune [D] in the dark, [A] dreary mines.
It will form as a habit [D] and seep in [E] your soul [A] till the stream of your blood [D] is as black [A] as the coal.
[E] It's dark as a dungeon [A] and damp as the dew, [E] for danger is double [A] and pleasures are few.
For the rain never falls [D] and the sun [Bm] never shines.
[A] It's dark as a [D] dungeon way down in the mines.
It's a many a man [D] I've [Bm] seen in my day [A] who lived just to labor [D] his whole [A] life away.
Like a fiend with his dope [D] and a drunkard his [E] wine, [A] a man will have lust [D] for the lure of [A] the mines.
I hope when I'm gone [D] and the ages [E] shall roll, [A] my body will [D] blacken and turn into [A] coal.
Then I'll look from the door [D] of my [E] heavenly home [A] and pity the [D] miner digging [A] my bones.
[E] It's dark as a dungeon [A] and damp as the dew, [E] for the danger is double [A] and the pleasures are few.
For the rain never falls [D] and the sun never [E] shines.
[A]
It's dark as a dungeon [D] way down [B] in the [A] mines.
It's as dark as a dungeon [D] way down [A] in the mine.
I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky.
I was talking to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born and an old friend of the family.
He says, son, you don't know how lucky you are to have a nice job like you've got
and don't have to dig out a living from under these old hills and hollers like me and your pappy used to.
When I asked him why he never had left and tried some other kind of work, he says, no, sir, you just won't do that.
If ever you get this old coal dust in your blood, you're just going to be a plain old coal miner as long as you live.
He went on to say it's a habit, sort of like chewing tobacco.
Come and listen, you [D] fellers, so young and [E] so fine, [A] and seek not your fortune [D] in the dark, [A] dreary mines.
It will form as a habit [D] and seep in [E] your soul [A] till the stream of your blood [D] is as black [A] as the coal.
[E] It's dark as a dungeon [A] and damp as the dew, [E] for danger is double [A] and pleasures are few.
For the rain never falls [D] and the sun [Bm] never shines.
[A] It's dark as a [D] dungeon way down in the mines.
It's a many a man [D] I've [Bm] seen in my day [A] who lived just to labor [D] his whole [A] life away.
Like a fiend with his dope [D] and a drunkard his [E] wine, [A] a man will have lust [D] for the lure of [A] the mines.
I hope when I'm gone [D] and the ages [E] shall roll, [A] my body will [D] blacken and turn into [A] coal.
Then I'll look from the door [D] of my [E] heavenly home [A] and pity the [D] miner digging [A] my bones.
[E] It's dark as a dungeon [A] and damp as the dew, [E] for the danger is double [A] and the pleasures are few.
For the rain never falls [D] and the sun never [E] shines.
[A]
It's dark as a dungeon [D] way down [B] in the [A] mines.
Key:
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ It's as dark as a dungeon [D] way down [A] in the mine.
_ _ I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky.
I was talking to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born and an old friend of the family.
He says, son, you don't know how lucky you are to have a nice job like you've got
and don't have to dig out a living from under these old hills and hollers like me and your pappy used to.
When I asked him why he never had left and tried some other kind of work, he says, no, sir, you just won't do that.
If ever you get this old coal dust in your blood, you're just going to be a plain old coal miner as long as you live.
He went on to say it's a habit, sort of like chewing tobacco.
_ _ Come and listen, you [D] fellers, so young and [E] so fine, [A] and seek not your fortune [D] in the dark, [A] dreary mines.
It will form as a habit [D] and seep in [E] your soul [A] till the stream of your blood [D] is as black [A] as the coal.
[E] It's dark as a dungeon [A] and damp as the dew, [E] for danger is double [A] and pleasures are few.
For the rain never falls [D] and the sun [Bm] never shines.
[A] It's dark as a [D] dungeon way down in the mines. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's a many a man [D] I've [Bm] seen in my day [A] who lived just to labor [D] his whole [A] life away.
Like a fiend with his dope [D] and a drunkard his [E] wine, [A] a man will have lust [D] for the lure of [A] the mines.
I hope when I'm gone [D] and the ages [E] shall roll, [A] my body will [D] blacken and turn into [A] coal.
Then I'll look from the door [D] of my [E] heavenly home [A] and pity the [D] miner digging [A] my bones.
[E] It's dark as a dungeon [A] and damp as the dew, [E] for the danger is double [A] and the pleasures are few.
For the rain never falls [D] and the sun never [E] shines.
_ [A]
It's dark as a dungeon [D] way down [B] in the [A] mines. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's as dark as a dungeon [D] way down [A] in the mine.
_ _ I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky.
I was talking to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born and an old friend of the family.
He says, son, you don't know how lucky you are to have a nice job like you've got
and don't have to dig out a living from under these old hills and hollers like me and your pappy used to.
When I asked him why he never had left and tried some other kind of work, he says, no, sir, you just won't do that.
If ever you get this old coal dust in your blood, you're just going to be a plain old coal miner as long as you live.
He went on to say it's a habit, sort of like chewing tobacco.
_ _ Come and listen, you [D] fellers, so young and [E] so fine, [A] and seek not your fortune [D] in the dark, [A] dreary mines.
It will form as a habit [D] and seep in [E] your soul [A] till the stream of your blood [D] is as black [A] as the coal.
[E] It's dark as a dungeon [A] and damp as the dew, [E] for danger is double [A] and pleasures are few.
For the rain never falls [D] and the sun [Bm] never shines.
[A] It's dark as a [D] dungeon way down in the mines. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's a many a man [D] I've [Bm] seen in my day [A] who lived just to labor [D] his whole [A] life away.
Like a fiend with his dope [D] and a drunkard his [E] wine, [A] a man will have lust [D] for the lure of [A] the mines.
I hope when I'm gone [D] and the ages [E] shall roll, [A] my body will [D] blacken and turn into [A] coal.
Then I'll look from the door [D] of my [E] heavenly home [A] and pity the [D] miner digging [A] my bones.
[E] It's dark as a dungeon [A] and damp as the dew, [E] for the danger is double [A] and the pleasures are few.
For the rain never falls [D] and the sun never [E] shines.
_ [A]
It's dark as a dungeon [D] way down [B] in the [A] mines. _ _ _ _