Springfield Mountain Coal Miner Lyrics

CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: G D Em C G D G
My brother was a Springfield Mountain coal miner
He had three young children and a darling wife
But last night there was a rumble on the mountain
Shaft number three came down and took his life
Shaft number three came down and took his life
Thirty miners died down in that cave-in
Thirteen times we've brought the wagons down
There's twenty graves we'll be digging in the churchyard
Ten more in the mountains underground
Ten more in the mountains underground
CHORUS:
Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
Where the cold wind blows
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G C D C G D Em C G D G
And my sister was a coal miner's daughter
My daddy was a coal miner's son
My family's lived and died on this mountain
Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come
Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come
One more year I'll be ready for the coal mine
One more year and I'll be going down
But every night when I pass by that mountain
I cry to see my brother underground
Yes, I cry to see my brother underground
CHORUS:
Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
Where the cold wind blows
CHORUS:
Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
Where the cold wind blows
She's gonna take you home
Where the cold wind blows