1921

Em G Am B7 Em Em Deeper down I dive G Into the smoke Am I trade my life B7 I break my back Em Just to mine some coal Try to keep my head down G And do as they please Am But a Baldwin Felts B7 With a gun on his belt’s Em Got his eyes on me Am Em It gets hotter and hotter the deeper we go Em B7 We all go down, but few come up Em To see one day more Am Em And the company man will tell you otherwise Em But ask any man B7 With a pick in his hand Em The Devil’s in those mine Em G Oh and those mines, they’ll eat men alive Am They’re hungry for souls B7 Black lungs for black gold Em Can’t get out I’ve tried G Gun a man down on the courthouse steps Am You can’t get away B7 A mule killed and you’re fired Em A man who’s killed is replaced Am Em It gets hotter and hotter the deeper we go Em B7 We all go down, but few come up Em To see one day more Am Em And the company man will tell you otherwise Em But ask any man B7 With a pick in his hand Em The Devil’s in those mine Em G One million rounds and ten thousand men Am B7 Em Climbing up on a mountain, guns are raised and a hundred dead G Now they’re takin’ us down in cuffs and chains Am B7 Em But a life in the pen is better than a cold, cold grave Am Em It gets hotter and hotter the deeper we go Em B7 We all go down, but few come up Em To see one day more Am Em And the company man will tell you otherwise Em But ask any man B7 With a pick in his hand … Em The Devil’s in those mines