Give My Love To Marie chords by Gene Clark

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G

Verse:
                 C majorC   G+G
I'm a black lung miner from East Tennessee
                 D MajorD     G+G
Raised my family on coal dust and beans
                C majorC      E minorEm  A minorAm
The old black lung's got me, no life left in me
    G+G       A minorAm       C majorC     G+G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie

Verse:
              C majorC       G+G
For twenty-five years I've worked in the mines
                        D MajorD
Where the earth is as black as a cold winter's night
    G+G               C majorC     E minorEm  A minorAm
There's millions in the ground, not a penny for me
    G+G       A minorAm       C majorC     G+G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie

Verse:
              C majorC      G+G
I've loved all my children, six sons of mine
                 D MajorD
Pray that they never work in the mine
    G+G                  C majorC       E minorEm  A minorAm
For the black lung will get them and they'll die just like me
    G+G       A minorAm       C majorC     G+G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie

Instrumental:
G+G   C majorC G+G   D MajorD
G+G  C majorC E minorEm  A minorAm
G+G  A minorAm  C majorC  A minorAm  G+G

Verse:
          C majorC      G+G
Frost on the ground, ice in the trees
                  D MajorD
The air is so heavy I can't hardly breathe
    G+G              C majorC      E minorEm   A minorAm
Oh, the old black lung's got me and soon I'll be free
    G+G       A minorAm       C majorC     G+G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie
            A minorAm       C majorC     G+G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie