Song :
C#
Intro :
A
A
Come and listen young fellers
D E7
so young and so fine
A
Seek not your fortune
D A
in a dark dreary mine
Where the demons of death
D E7
often come by surprise,
A
One fall of the slate
D A
and you're buried alive.
Chorus :
E7
It's dark as a dungeon
D A
and damp as the dew,
E7
Where danger is double
D A
and pleasures are few,
A
Where the rain never falls
D E7
and the sun never shines
A
It's a dark as a dungeon
D A
way down in the mine
A
It's a-many a man
D E7
I have seen in my day,
A
Who lived just to labor
D A
his whole life away.
A
Like a fiend with his dope
D E7
and a drunkard his wine,
A
A man will have lust
D A
for the lure of the mines.
Chorus :
E7
It's dark as a dungeon
D A
and damp as the dew,
E7
Where danger is double
D A
and pleasures are few,
A
Where the rain never falls
D E7
and the sun never shines
A
It's a dark as a dungeon
D A
way down in the mine
A
I hope when I'm gone
D E7
and the ages shall roll,
A
My body will blacken
D E7
and turn into coal.
A
Then I'll look from the door
D E7
of my heavenly home,
A
And pity the miner
D A
a-diggin' my bones.
Chorus :
E7
It's dark as a dungeon
D A
and damp as the dew,
E7
Where danger is double
D A
and pleasures are few,
A
Where the rain never falls
D E7
and the sun never shines
A
It's a dark as a dungeon
D A
way down in the mine
optional verses :
A
It will form as a habit
D E7
and seep in your soul
A
Till the stream of your blood
D A
is as black as the coal
Chorus :
E7
It's dark as a dungeon
D A
and damp as the dew,
E7
Where danger is double
D A
and pleasures are few,
A
Where the rain never falls
D E7
and the sun never shines
A
It's a dark as a dungeon
D A
way down in the mine
A
The midnight, the morning,
D E7
or the middle of day,
A
Is the same to the miner
D A
who labors away.
Chorus :
E7
It's dark as a dungeon
D A
and damp as the dew,
E7
Where danger is double
D A
and pleasures are few,
A
Where the rain never falls
D E7
and the sun never shines
A
It's a dark as a dungeon
D A
way down in the mine
