G                           C          G 
 
I'm a black lung miner from East Tennessee 
G                                 D    
Raised my family on cold dust and beans 
G                               C           Em   Am           
That old black lung's got me no life left in me 
         G              Am             C       G 
Hang the lantern in the window give my love to Marie 
G                         C              G 
 
For twenty-five years I've worked in the mines 
G                                             D 
 
Where the earth is as black as a cold winters night 
 
G                                     C        Em  Am 
 
There's a million in the ground not a penny for me 
          G            Am             C       G 
 
Hang the latern in the window give my love to Marie 
G                          C           G 
 
I've loved all my children six sons of mine 
G                                       D 
 
I pray that they never must work in the mine 
G                                        C             Em    Am 
 
For the black lung will get them they'll die just like me 
         G             Am             C       G 
Hang the latern in the window give my love to Marie 
 
SOLO 
       
G                           C          G 
 
There's frost on the ground ice in the trees 
G                                  D  
The air is so heavy I can't hardly breathe 
G                                  C            Em   Am 
 
Oh the old black lung's got me and soon I'll be free 
         G             Am             C       G 
 
Hang my  latern in the window give my love to Marie 
         G             Am             C       G 
 
Hang my  latern in the window give my love to Marie 
 
 
     Copyright @ 1976 Hardhit Music(BMI) 
     From the "Two Sides To Every Story"  LP   
     RSO Records 1977