Kathy Mattea

Kathy Mattea

Blue Diamond Mines
Composição de (Jean Ritchie)
Intro: G    F    G  F  G 

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I remember the ways in the bygone days 
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When we were in our prime 
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When us and John L give the old man hell 
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Down in the Blue Diamond Mine 


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Well, the whistle blowed as the rooster crow 
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Two hours before daylight 
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When a man done his best and he's earned his good rest 
     G         F         G 
Paid seventeen dollars a night 


[Refrão]
F In the mines in the mines G C In the Blue Diamond Mines G F G I worked my life away F In the mines in the mines G C In the Blue Diamond Mines G F G Oh, fall on your knees and pray INTERLUDE: G F G C G F You old black gold, you've taken my lung G F G And your dust has darkened my home F And now that we're old, you're turning your back G F G Where else can an old miner go F Well, it's Algoma Block and it's Big Leather Woods G F G And now its Blue Diamond too F Well, the pits are all closed, better get another job G F G What else can an old miner do?
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F In the mines in the mines G C In the Blue Diamond Mines G F G I worked my life away F In the mines in the mines G C In the Blue Diamond Mines G F G Oh, fall on your knees and pray INTERLUDE: G F G C G F John L had a dream, but it's broken it seems G F G Mining has had it's day F But they're stripping off my mountain top G F G And they pay me eight dollars a day F You might get a little poke of welfare meal G F G A little poke of welfare flour F But I tell you right now, you won't qualify G F G 'Til you work for a quarter an hour
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F In the mines in the mines G C In the Blue Diamond Mines G F G I worked my life away F In the mines in the mines G C In the Blue Diamond Mines G F G Oh, fall on your knees and pray OUTRO: G F G C G

Enviado por: Adalberto Gomes

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