Intro: D5 


[Verso 1]
 
D5 
Sunrise lighting up the ridge tops 
D5 
Slicing through the frost like a red hot knife 
D5 
Sometimes I'm dreaming I'm a running across 
D5 
But I couldn't now to save my life 
D5 
Hound dog, yipping in the holler 
D5 
Must have jumped a bear bubba brother, listen to him run 
D5 
Somebody oughta catch him by the collar 
D5 
But I ain't going nowhere 'cause I'm down with black lung 



[Refrão]

D5 
Black lung never gets better 
D5 
Every breath a little bit harder to draw 
D5 
Shotgun loaded in the corner 
D5 
Reckon I'mma lay here and die of black lung 


Interlude 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A    D5/C 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A    D5/C 



[Verso 2]
 
D5  D5/A      D5              D5/A 
Someday's are better than the others 
D5             D5/A            D5      D5/A    D5/C 
Sit out on the porch when it's cool at night 
D5    D5/A      D5            D5/A 
Can't say there ain't some suffering 
D5             D5/A        D5           D5/A   D5/C 
Every breath I take like a twelve round fight 
D5   D5/A   D5              D5/A 
Grandbabies out beneath the willow tree 
D5            D5/A             D5         D5/A    D5/C 
Hollering and laughing, and it sound like fun 
D5    D5/A         D5           D5/A 
Can't pick 'em up, hug 'em all, anyway 
D5          D5/A         D5          D5/A    D5/C 
Sorry honey granddaddy's got a black lung 



[Refrão]

D5    D5/A D5         D5/A 
Black lung never gets better 
D5             D5/A       D5        D5/A    D5/C 
Every breath a little bit harder to draw 
D5  D5/A D5           D5/A 
Shotgun loaded in the corner 
D5           D5/A         D5           D5/A    D5/C 
Reckon I'm a lie here and die of black lung 


Solo 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A    D5/C 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A    D5/C 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A    D5/C 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A    D5/C 
A    A       A      A 
D5   D5/A    D5     D5/A    D5/C 



[Verso 3]

D5        D5   D5          D5/A 
It seemed like it was only yesterday 
D5                D5/A         D5       D5/A    D5/C 
I pulled my first shift down a longwall mine 
D5    D5/A      D5               D5/A 
First breath of fresh air at the whistle 
D5            D5/A             D5       D5/A    D5/C 
And I already knew it's just a matter of time 
D5     D5/A  D5             D5/A 
If I'd never been down in a coal mine 
D5             D5/A              D5            D5/A    D5/C 
I'd live a lot longer, hell that ain't a close call 
D5  D5/A   D5                   D5/A 
But then again I'd've never had anything 
    D5             D5/A        D5         D5/A    D5/C 
And half a life is better than nothing at all 



[Refrão]

D5    D5/A D5         D5/A 
Black lung never gets better 
D5             D5/A       D5        D5/A    D5/C 
Every breath a little bit harder to draw 
D5  D5/A D5           D5/A 
Shotgun loaded in the corner 
D5           D5/A         D5           D5/A    D5/C 
Reckon I'm a lie here and die of black lung 


D5    D5/A D5         D5/A 
Black lung never gets better 
D5             D5/A       D5        D5/A    D5/C 
Every breath a little bit harder to draw 
D5  D5/A D5           D5/A 
Shotgun loaded in the corner 
D5           D5/A         D5           D5/A    D5/C 
Reckon I'm a lie here and die of black lung 


D5 
Black lung 
D5 
Never gets better 
D5 
Every breath a little bit harder to draw 
D5 
Shotgun loaded in the corner 
D5 
Reckon I'mma lay here and die of black lung