Chords with lyrics
Intro:
G+G 
FF G+G FF G+G
FF
I remember the ways in the bygone days
G+G FF G+G
When we were in our prime
FF
When us and John L give the old man hell
G+G FF G+G
Down in the Blue Diamond Mine
FF
Well, the whistle blowed as the rooster crow
G+G FF G+G
Two hours before daylight
FF
When a man done his best and he's earned his good rest
G+G FF G+G
Paid seventeen dollars a night
FF
In the mines in the mines
G+G 
C majorC
In the Blue Diamond Mines
G+G FF G+G
I worked my life away
FF
In the mines in the mines
G+G C majorC
In the Blue Diamond Mines
G+G FF G+G
Oh, fall on your knees and pray
INTERLUDE: G+G FF G+G C majorC G+G
FF
You old black gold, you've taken my lung
G+G FF G+G
And your dust has darkened my home
FF
And now that we're old, you're turning your back
G+G FF G+G
Where else can an old miner go
FF
Well, it's Algoma Block and it's Big Leather Woods
G+G FF G+G
And now its Blue Diamond too
FF
Well, the pits are all closed, better get another job
G+G FF G+G
What else can an old miner do?
FF
In the mines in the mines
G+G C majorC
In the Blue Diamond Mines
G+G FF G+G
I worked my life away
FF
In the mines in the mines
G+G C majorC
In the Blue Diamond Mines
G+G FF G+G
Oh, fall on your knees and pray
INTERLUDE: G+G FF G+G C majorC G+G
FF
John L had a dream, but it's broken it seems
G+G FF G+G
Mining has had it's day
FF
But they're stripping off my mountain top
G+G FF G+G
And they pay me eight dollars a day
FF
You might get a little poke of welfare meal
G+G FF G+G
A augmentedA little poke of welfare flour
FF
But I tell you right now, you won't qualify
G+G FF G+G
'Til you work for a quarter an hour
FF
In the mines in the mines
G+G C majorC
In the Blue Diamond Mines
G+G FF G+G
I worked my life away
FF
In the mines in the mines
G+G C majorC
In the Blue Diamond Mines
G+G FF G+G
Oh, fall on your knees and pray
OUTRO: G+G FF G+G C majorC G+G
