The Dying Miner Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]It [D]hap[C]pen[G]ed an hour ago,
Way [C]down in this tunnel of [G]coal,
[C]Gas caught fire from [G]somebody's
[D]lamp.
And the miners are choking in [G]smoke.

[Verse 2]
Goodbye to Dickie [G]and Honey,
[C]Goodbye to the wife that I [G]love.
Lot of these men [C]not coming home,
To[D]night when the work whistle
[G]blows.

[Verse 3]
Dear sisters and brothers [G]goodbye,
Dear [C]mother and father good[G]bye.
My fingers are weak and I [C]cannot write,
[D]Goodbye Centralia,
[G]good[D]bye.[G]

[Verse 4]
It looks like the end for me,
And [C]all of my buddies I [G]see.
We're all writing letters to
[C]children we [D]love,
Please carry our word to our [G]wives.

[Verse 5]
We, found [G]a little place in the air,
[C]Crawled and drug ourselves [G]here.
But the [C]smoke is bad and the fumes coming [D]in,
And the gas is burning my [G]eyes.

[Verse 6]
Dear [G]sisters and brothers goodbye,
Dear [C]mother and father good[G]bye.
[C]My fingers are weak and I cannot wri[G]te,
Good[D]bye Centralia,
[G]good[D]bye.[G]

[Verse 7]
Forgive me for the things I done wrong,
I [C]love you lots more than you [G]know.
When the [C]night whistle blows
and I don't come [D]home,
Do all that you can to help [G]mom.

[Verse 8]
I can hear the moans [C]and groans,
More than a hundred good [G]men.
Just work and fight and [C]try to see,
That [D]this never happens [G]again.

[Verse 9]
Dear sisters and brothers goodbye,
Dear [C]mother and father good[G]bye.
My [C]fingers are weak and I cannot [G]write,
Good[D]bye Centralia, good[G]bye.

[Verse 10]
My eyes [G]are blinded with fumes,
[C]But it sounds like the men are all [G]gone,
'Cept Joe Valentini,
Fred Gussler and George,
Trapped [D]down in this
hell hole of [G]fire.

[Verse 11]
[G]Please name our new baby Joe,
So [C]he'll grow up like big [G]Joe.
He'll work and he'll fight and
he'll [C]fix up the mines,
[D]So fire can't kill daddy no [G]more.

[Verse 12]
Dear sisters and brothers goodbye,
Dear [C]mother and father good[G]bye.
My fingers are weak and I [C]cannot write,
[D]Goodbye Centralia, [G]good[D]bye.[G]