Black Lung chords by The Dead South

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