Black Lung Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse: Em G Basically we are all alone in the centre of a pickaxe mine Em Black lung stings as the pickaxe swings Em As the void of the mine closes in Em The Devil Came and the Angels sang Em E A Song of the Holy Ghost Em Tempted the soul from the pennies to the gold Em Like the dust I spit from my mouth Chorus: Em G Em Wooo oooo ooo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Verse: Em Remember the night with the barroom fight Em E Where I killed all of my best friends Em We gambled it away with the whiskey open keg Em And we never saw it again Em Well I had a wife that I met back in High school Em G Her name was Lyla-Jean Em We saved away to escape some place Em On a local miner's minor pay Chorus: Em Whooo oooo ooo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Verse: Em We saved so long the fall came and gone Em G At Least 27 times Em It fell through the floorboards into deep dark darkness Em And we never saw it again Em West Virginia's home and that's where we're staying Em G To the blade of the bible hymn Em Jesus says we're wicked so we just keep on pickin' Em A At the scab of the open mine Chorus: Em G Em E Whooo oooo ooo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o