Intro (Do-Bro in A) Verse 1 A A7 D E Come listen you fellows so young and so fine A D A And seek not your fortune in a dark dreary mine A7 D E It'll form as a habit an seep in your soul A D A Till the stream of your blood is as black as the coal Chorus 1 E E7 D A It's dark as a dungeon an damp as the dew E E7 D A Where troubles are doubled and pleasures are few A7 D E Where the rain never falls And the sun never shines A D A Its dark as a dungeon way down in the mine riff A D A Verse 2 A A7 D E Well I hope when I'm gone and the ages shall roll A D A My body will blacken and turn into coal A7 D E Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home A D A And pity the miners digging my bones Verse 3 A A7 D E The midnight the morning or the middle of day A D A Is the same to the miner who labors away. A7 D E Where the demons of death often come by surprise, A D A One fall of the slate and you're buried alive. Chorus 2 E E7 D A Its dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew E E7 D A Where danger is doubled and pleasures are few A7 D E Where the rain never falls And the sun never shines A D A Its dark as a dungeon way down in the mine