Chords with lyrics
[Verse]
A minorAm C majorC FF E minorEm C majorC
Jesse got trapped in a coal mine, digging in the dark black pearl
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm C majorC
Jesse got trapped in a coal mine, never did marry his girl
FF C majorC
There ain't no air, and there ain't no light
G+G C majorC G+G
and there ain't no way to make it out alive
C majorC G+G
His wedding was planned for the 5th of July
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm C majorC
But Jesse got trapped in a coal mine and never did marry his girl
C majorC A minorAm C majorC FF A minorAm C majorC
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
Your hands gets black and your eyes gets burned, your lungs get tired and poor
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
It draws you in like an opium den, and beckons you back for more
There ain't no air and there ain't no light
G+G
and there ain't no way to make it out alive
C majorC
His wedding was planned for the 5th of July
A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC
But Jesse got trapped in a coal mine and never did marry his girl
[Chorus]
G+G C majorC
Down, down under West Virginia
G+G C majorC
Down, down in the pitch black earth
FF C majorC G+G
Down, down on her knees she cried
FF
My love is somewhere in that mountain
[Interlude]
C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm E minorEm C majorC
[Verse]
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Jesse got trapped in a coal mine, digging in the dark black pearl
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
Jesse got trapped in a coal mine, never did marry his girl
C majorC G+G
She held out hope for a couple of months that he was still living somewhere
FF C majorC
that he'd put up the strongest kind of fight
FF C majorC
and he'd dig himself out with the dynamite,
FF C majorC
And he'd finally be free on the 5th of July
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm C majorC
But Jesse got trapped in the coal mine and never did marry his girl
[Chorus]
G+G C majorC
Down, down under West Virginia
G+G C majorC
Down, down in the pitch black earth
FF C majorC G+G
Down, down on her knees she cried
G+G C majorC
Down, down deep below the surface
G+G C majorC
Down, down by the mason-dixon line
FF C majorC G+G
Down, down on her knees she cried
C majorC
My love is somewhere in that mountain