Chords for Ralph Stanley II ~ Daddy's Dinner Bucket With Lyrics ~

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_ [E] _ _ _ For thirty odd years daddy worked [A] underground and carried his [E] dinner but
_ It was dinner then start for mine car
In Rock [B] Falls he avoided _
[A] He was proud to be [B] earning a living
[E] He didn't take a [A] dime for no one
_ [E] The danger he braved and the black on his face
[B] Were the marks of the man [E] who loved us
The sirens all sounded on a winter's day
[A] Eight men were trapped [E] in the mouth _ _
It was methane gas and all blast
They heard it [B] all around us
[A] When they carried him out [B] into the daylight
[E] That old inner [A] pal was missing
I [E] know well he's up there now
[B] And daddy's [E] got it with him
[A] Daddy took his dinner bucket
[E] Through the gates of heaven
With coal dust in his pockets
He's working [B] now for Jesus _
[A] Earning his pay [E] with angel wings
Cause God needed a good man
So daddy took his dinner bucket
[B] Through the [E] gates of heaven _
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_ _ Way down in the mine just about to his time
[A] They swear they [E] hear him talk _ _
And see him leaning up against the roof
Reaching in [B] his bucket
_ [A] There's an extra miner [B] on the night shift
[E] Watching over [A] all the others
[E] Checking roof bolts and watching for smoke
[B] Spotting [E] unsafe timbers
[A] Daddy took his dinner bucket
[E] Through the gates of heaven
With coal dust in his pockets
He's working [B] now for Jesus _
[A] Earning his pay [E] with angel wings
Cause God needed a good man
So daddy took his dinner bucket
[B] Through the [E] gates of heaven _
[A] He's earning his pay [E] with angel wings
Cause God needed a good man
So daddy took his dinner bucket
[B] Through the [A] gates of heaven _
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