Verse 1 F#m D This land is barren and broken E A E Scarred like the face of the moon F#m C#m Our tongue is no longer spoken D E Towns all around face ruin F#m D Will there be work in New Brunswick E A E Will I find gold in the Cape F#m C#m If I tunnel way down to Australia D E Oh, how will I ever escape Chorus A E Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground F#m D That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound E A E D E So look for me under the lode and inside the vein A E Where the copper the clay the arsenic and tin F#m D Run in your blood and get under your skin E A E D I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back E D F#m So, follow me down cousin Jack Verse 2 F#m D The soil was too poor to make Eden E A E Granite and sea left no choice F#m C#m Though visions of heaven sustained us D E When John Wesley gave us a voice F#m D Did Joseph once come to St Michael's mount E A E Two thousand years pass in a dream F#m C#m When you're working your way in the darkness D E Deep in the heart of the seam Chorus A E Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground F#m D That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound E A E D E So look for me under the lode and inside the vein A E Where the copper the clay the arsenic and tin F#m D Run in your blood and get under your skin E A E D I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back E D F#m So, follow me down cousin Jack Verse 3 F#m D I dream of a bridge on the Tamar E A E It opens us up to the east F#m C#m And the English live in our houses D E The Spanish fish in our seas Chorus A E Where there's a mine or a hole in the ground F#m D That's what I'm heading for that's where I'm bound E A E D E So look for me under the lode and inside the vein A E Where the copper the clay the arsenic and tin F#m D Run in your blood and get under your skin E A E D I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back E D F#m So, follow me down cousin Jack