Ten Candle Days chords by Sister Hazel

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C, FF

Verse:
C majorC
Daddy was a hard man, worked coal all his life
       G+G       A minorAm
A augmentedA dollar a day wage kept us alive
       C majorC
So we headed west bound, we came of age
         G+G            A minorAm
Fortunes to be found, and we stake our claim

Chorus:
    G+G        FF C majorC
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
   C majorC      FF      C majorC                        G+G  C majorC
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
C majorC                FF        C majorC                G+G       C majorC
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long

Verse:
C majorC
So we found us a boom town, to work in the cracks
       G+G                   A minorAm
We’re thanking the Lord now, for the strength in our backs
       C majorC
With pick ax and powder, a quick prayer to God
       G+G              A minorAm
A augmentedA candle an hour, for each one on the job
             C majorC
We learned fast a man’s measured, by the weight of his ore
           G+G               A minorAm
Found the woman you treasure, could love nothing more
        C majorC
The summer of eighteen blessed us with a child
        G+G             A minorAm
A augmentedA past ever changing, with pressure in time

Chorus:
    G+G        FF C majorC
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
   C majorC      FF      C majorC                        G+G  C majorC
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
C majorC                FF        C majorC                G+G       C majorC
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long
    FF     C majorC                G+G
Shine on, shine On These ten candle days shine on
    A minorAm    G+G       C majorC         G+G
Shine on, shine On  When the lights come down low
         C majorC
We'll be coming home

Verse:
C majorC
My brothers are gone now, black soot for ash
     G+G             A minorAm
I guess what you take out, you gotta give back
      C majorC
Lonely prospector, the last of my kind
    G+G            A minorAm
Sole protector of this silver mine

Chorus:
    G+G        FF C majorC
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
   C majorC      FF      C majorC                        G+G  C majorC
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
C majorC                FF        C majorC                G+G       C majorC
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long
    FF     C majorC                G+G
Shine on, shine On These ten candle days shine on
    A minorAm    G+G       C majorC         G+G
Shine on, shine On  When the lights come down low
          FF   C majorC