Fire In The Hole chords by Hazel Dickens

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Verse 1:
A minorAm                G+G
You can tell them in the country, tell them in the town
      DmDm       C majorC         A minorAm
The miners down in Mingo laid their shovels down
     A minorAm          G+G
We won't pull another pillar, load another ton
  DmDm              C majorC      A minorAm
Or lift another finger till the union we have won


🎸 Chorus:
C majorC        G+G
Stand up boys, let the bosses know
DmDm           A minorAm
Turn your buckets over, turn your lanterns low
     C majorC           G+G
There's fire in our hearts and fire in our soul
      DmDm        E7E7     A minorAm
But there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole

🎸 Verse 2:
A minorAm             G+G
Oh, daddy died a miner and grandpa, he did too
   DmDm                  C majorC        A minorAm
I'll bet this coal will kill me 'fore my working days is through
    A minorAm             G+G
When a hole is dark and dirty, an early grave you'll find
 DmDm              C majorC       A minorAm
I plan to make a union for the ones I leave behind


🎸 Chorus:
C majorC        G+G
Stand up boys, let the bosses know
DmDm           A minorAm
Turn you buckets over, turn your lanterns low
     C majorC           G+G
There's fire in our hearts and fire in our soul
      DmDm        E7E7     A minorAm
But there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole
    DmDm        E7E7     A minorAm
There ain't gonna be no fire in the hole