Blue Diamond Mines Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F][G][F][G][F][G]
[F]I re

[Verse 1]
[G]member the
ways in the [F]by gone days
When [G]we were [F]in our [G]prime
How us and John L
Give the [F]old man hell
Down [G]in the blue [F]diamond mine
[G]

[Verse 2]
Well the whistle blowed
And the [F]rooster crowed
Two [G]hours be[F]fore day[G]light[Gm]
When a [G]man done his best
And he [F]earned his good rest
[G]Made seventeen [F]dollars at night
[G]

[Verse 3]
[Chorus: ]
In the mines, in [F]the mines
In the [G]blue diamond [C]mines
I [G]worked my [F]life [G]away
In the mines, in [F]the mines
In the [G]blue diamond [C]mines
[G]Fall on your [F]knees [G]and pray

[Interlude 1]
[F][G][C][G][F][G][F][G]

[Verse 4]
You [G]old black gold
You've [F]taken my lungs
And your [G]dust has [F]darkened my [G]home
And now that we're old
Your [F]turning your back
[Dm]Where [G]else can [F]an old miner go?
[G]

[Verse 5]
[F]
Well its [G]almablock and [F]big leatherwood
And [G]now it's blue [F]diamond [G]too
Well the pits are all closed
And it's [F]get another job
What [G]else can [F]an older miner do?

[Interlude 2]
[G][F][G][C][G][F][G]
[F][G]
[C][G][F][G][F][G][F][G][C]
[G][F][G][F][G]

[Verse 6]
[G][Chorus: ]
John M had a dream
But it is [F]broken it seems
[G]Mining has [F]had it's [G]day
But they're stripping off my [F]mountaintop
And they [G]pay me eight [F]dollars a day
[G]

[Verse 7]
[F][G]
[F]I've [G]did a little pogo of [F]welfare meals
A [G]little pogo of [F]welfare [G]flour
But I tell you right now
You won't [F]qualify until you [G]work for [F]a quarter
[G]an[F][G][C][G][F][G]
[F]hou[G]r

[Outro 1]
[Chorus: ]
[C][G][F][G][Dm][G]
[C]
[G][F][G][F][G][C]
[G][F][G][F][G][F][G]