F C G C G A baby cries in the morning sun, F C G C G The mother looks down on her fatherless one F C G C G The rescue team goes on and on F G More good men going down F C G C G And her eyes showed tears of pain F C G C G As she looked out her window-paine F C G C G Her man's not comin' home again F G More good men going down
F C G C G He died when he was just twenty two F C G C G A young man in his prime F C G C G he left a wife and a baby boy F G more good men going down F C G C G The mother will live and the boy will grow F C G C G in a few more years you'll never know F C G C G that the mother from those other times F C G C G Had lost another man to the mines F G More good men going down F G More good men going down By Dave Cohen 1964