Big Hewer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Out of the dirt and dark[A]ness[D] I was[Bm] born,[E]
go [A]down.[G]
Out [A]of the hard black [E]coal [Em]face [G]I was t[A]orn,
go [E]down.
[C]Kicked on the world
and the earth split [G]open.
[E]Crawled through a [Am]crack
[A]where the [G]rock was [A]broken.
Burrowed a hole [D]away [A]in the coal,
go [G]down.[A][G][A]
[G]In a [A]cradle of coal
in the dark[D]ness I was [E]laid
Go [A]down, [G]dow[A]n in [Am]the dirt
[E]and [Em]darkness I was [A]raised[Am]
[A]Go dow[E]n, cut[C] me teeth
on a five -foot tim[G]ber
[E]Held at the [A]roof with me
[G]little fin[A]ger[Am]
[A]Started me time away in the [E]mine
[A]go [Am]down.[G][Am]
[G]On [Em]the day t[Am]hat I was born,[D]
I was six foot [E]tall, go [Am]down.
[Em]And th[G]e very n[A]ex t[Am] day
[E]I learned the way[Em] to h[G]oe[A],
[D]go [C]dow[D]n.[E]
On the [C]third day [Am]worked at
[C]board and pillar,
[E]worked on the [A]fourth as
a [G]longwall [A]filler,
getting me steam up ewing the [E]seam,
[A]go [G]down.[A]
[G]I'm the [A]son of the son
of the [D]son of a collier's [E]son,
go [Am]down.[G]
[Am]Coal dust flows in the [E]veins
where the [Em]blood [G]should [A]run,
[Am]go d[A]own.[E]
[C]Five steel ribs and an iron backbone,
[E]teeth that can bite [A]through
[G]rock and black[A],
stonework in me time,
[D]away in the [A]mine,
go [Am]down.[G][A][Am][G][A][G][Am]
[G]Three hun[A]dred years I
[D]hewed at the coal by [E]hand
Go [A]down, [G]in the pit[A]s of Durham
and [Em]East [A]Northumberland
Go [E]down, been [C]gassed and
burned and flown
Asunder, [E]buried more [A]times
than [G]I can numb[A]er
Getting the coal [D]away [A]in the hole
Go [G]down, [A]I'v[G]e scrabb[A]led
[Am]and picked a[A]t the [D]face
where the roof was [E]low
Go [A]down! [G]Cra[A]wl
[Am]in the s[A]eams
where [Em]only a mole [G]could [A]go
[Am]Go d[A]own![E]
In the [C]thin -cut seams [Am]of
[C]ripped and redded
Where [E]even the [A]rats are born
[G]Bow[C]leg[Am]ged, win[A]ning the coal
Away in the hole
[E]Go [Am]down![G][A][G][Am]
Have worked in the [A]Hutton, the Plessy,
[D]the Brockwell Sea[E]m
Go [A]down! [G]The Ben[A]cham, the Bus[Am]ty,
[A]the Bea[Em]umont, the Marshall Gre[A]en
Go [E]down! I've [C]lain on me back
in the old three [G]-quarter,
[E]Up to the [A]chin in [G]stinkin' [A]water,
Hewin' the coal [D]away in the [A]hole,
go down.
[Em]In t[G]he north[A]ern pits I've
sweated and earned [D]me [E]pay,
go [Am]down.
Toiled in the [A]worn -out [Em]drift mines
night and [A]day, go [E]down.
Where the [C]anthracite is
hard and [G]shining,
I've [Em]tried me [A]hand at the hard rock mining,
I [D]dug me a [A]hole [D]away in the [E]cold,
[A]go [G]down[A][G][A][Am]
Out [A]of the dirt and darkness
[D]I was bor[E]n, go dow[A]n
[G]Out [A]of the hard black coa[Em]l face
[G]I was t[A]orn, g[E]o down
[C]Left in the shade of the high pit heap,
I'm [Em]still down [A]there
Where the seams are deep,
I'm digging [D]a h[A]ole away in the c[E]old,
[A]go [A]down[G][A][G][A][G][A]
[A]You