Down, Down, Down Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Wit[D]h y[G]our kind attention,
the song I will trill
On you who must toil
with a [D]pick and the drill
[G]Sweat for your bread in
that hole in Oak Hill
That goes [D]down, down, [G]down[D][G]
When I was a lad, says my daddy to me
Stay out of Oak Hill,
take my [D]warning, says he
Or with [G]dust you'll be choked,
and a popper you'll be broken [D]down,
down, [G]down.[D][G]
But I went to Oak Hill
and I asked for a job,
a mule for to drive
or a [D]gangway to rob.
The [G]boss says, come out, Bill,
and follow the mob
that goes [D]down, down, [G]down.[D][G]
On the strength of the job
and the tune of this rhyme
Strolled into Thames
and drank [D]twenty -five shines
Repor[G]ted next morning half dead
But on time to go [D]down,
down, [G]down[D][G]
All aboard for the bottom,
the top man did yell
We stepped in the cage
and [D]he ding -donged the bell
Threw that [G]hole in Oak Hill
like a bat out
Hell, [D]we went down, down, [G]down.[D][G]
She was blocked from the dish
to the knuckle with smoke.
The dust was so thick,
I thought [D]I would choke.
Says [G]I to myself,
I guess here's where I croak away [D]down,
down, [G]down.[D][G]
I groped to a gangway,
I got me a scoop.
The cot was just fired,
muck heap [D]up to the roof,
I [G]scooped and I scooped
till my back looped the loop,
stoopin' [D]down, down, [G]down.[D][G]
All I drew for the year was
a dollar or three,
Those company store [D]thieves
made a pumper of me,
But for bal[G]lads like this one
I'd have starved for a spree
in the [D]town, town, [G]town.[D][G]
Toil, you butterly grey,
on my poor daddy's head,
While he slaved at [D]Oak Hill
to provide us with bread,
I [G]wish I had heeded the
warning he pled,
Don't go [D]down, down, [G]down,
Don't go [D]down, down, [G]down.
[D][G]