Miner's Prayer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][C][G][C][D][G]
[D][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]When the
whistle blows each morning
And I [D]walk down in that cold, dark [G]mine
I say a prayer to my dear Saviour
Please let me [D]see the sunshine
one more [G]time

[Verse 2]
When oh [C]when will it be [G]over
When [C]will I lay these burdens [D]down
And when I [G]die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please take my [D]soul from 'neath that cold,

[Interlude 1]
dark ground
[G][C][G][C][D][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 3]
I still [G]grieve for my poor brother
And I [D]still hear my dear old mother [G]cry
When late that night they came
and told her
He'd lost his [D]life down in
the Big Shoal [G]Mine

[Verse 4]
When oh [C]when will it be [G]over
When [C]will I lay these burdens [D]down
And when I [G]die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please take my [D]soul from 'neath that cold,
dark [G]ground

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][C][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
I have no [G]shame, I feel no sorrow
If on this [D]earth not much [G]I own
I have the love of my sweet children
An old [D]plow mule, a shovel and [G]a hoe

[Verse 6]
When oh [C]when will it be [G]over
When [C]will I lay these burdens [D]down
And when I [G]die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please [D]take my soul from 'neath that cold,
[G]dark ground

[Verse 7]
Yeah when I [G]die, dear Lord, in heaven
Please take my [D]soul from 'neath that cold,
dark [G]ground