Chords with lyrics
INTRO:
A minorAm - FF -
A minorAm - FF -
VERSE I
A minorAm
I won't see you 'till Christmas
FF
I breathe coal dust, I get blisters
G+G
But the foreman he don't worry
G+G
He say work boy there's no hurry
E minorEm A minorAm
Don't that big red sun
E minorEm A minorAm
Look a lot like fire
FF
When you come out of the ground
EsusEsus E MajorE
After forty eight hours
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going down down down down down
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Going down in Durban deep
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going down down down down down
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
There's no mercy in my sleep
C majorC FF
I just hear that drill and hammer
A minorAm G+G FF
I feel the killing heat
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going two miles down to the heart
E7E7 A minorAm
Of Durban deep
A minorAm - FF -
A minorAm - FF -
VERSE II
A minorAm
I was born on amen corner
FF
I pound rock face, I get lonely
G+G
But my family they go hungry
G+G
Still the boss man he call us lazy
E minorEm A minorAm
Don't the old blue heaven
E minorEm A minorAm
Look a lot like your eyes
FF
When you're blinded by the brightness
EsusEsus E MajorE
Of the Transvaal sky
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going down down down down down
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Going down in Durban deep
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going down down down down down
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
There's no mercy in my sleep
C majorC FF
I just hear that drill and hammer
A minorAm G+G FF
I feel the killing heat
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going two miles down to the heart
E7E7 A minorAm
Of Durban deep
A minorAm - FF -
A minorAm - FF -
SOLO
A minorAm - FF -
G+G - - -
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
FF - EsusEsus E MajorE
C majorC - FF - A minorAm G+G FF -
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going down down down down down
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Going down in Durban deep
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going down down down down down
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
There's no mercy in my sleep
C majorC FF
I just hear that drill and hammer
A minorAm G+G FF
I feel the killing heat
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF
Going two miles down to the heart
E7E7 A minorAm
Of Durban deep
A minorAm - FF -
A minorAm - FF -
OUTRO
A minorAm - FF -
A minorAm - FF -
vamp to fade