G    C


[Verse 1]
C                F               C                        G7
  For as long as I can remember, I've worked down in this pit
C            F                  C           G7    C
  But today, it's all over, for this is the day I quit
C                   F                     C            G7
  I'm gonna take my sweet little Ginny and make her my own
C               F                      C        G7       C
  We gonna move down in the valley and build ourselves a home


[Chorus]
           G7              C
This is my last day in the mines

C#


[Verse 2]
        C#               F#                  C#            G#7
Well, I swing that pick, move that shovel and time goes so slow
C#                       F#             C#         G#7     C#
I can hardly wait for my boss to tell me that it's time to go
C#               F#               C#             G#7
Up at the top, I know my Ginny is waiting patiently
   C#                       F#                    C#       G#7      C#
In just a few minutes, I'll be there with her and from the mines be free


[Chorus]
           G#7             C#
This is my last day in the mines

D


[Verse 3]
D                    G                   D                   A
  But wait a minute... what's that rumble way back in the ground?
D                   G               D           A            D
  Good Lord, it's a cave-in and the rocks are a-fallin' all around!
        D                            G                    D            A
Now the timbers are breakin' and the rats are runnin' and I can hardly see
  D                        G                     D           A       D
Inside my chest, there's a mighty burnin' and my strength is leavin' me


[Chorus]
           A               D
This is my last day in the mines


D#

[Verse 4]
  D#                    G#       D#                   A#
Beneath these rocks and timbers, with my strength all gone
D#                  G#            D#        A#   D#
My thoughts turn to Ginny, I must leave her all alone
  D#                  G#           D#                A#
I know they'll try to save me, but they gonna be too late
    D#               G#                   D#    A#       D#
For over that river, through that valley, I see heaven's gates


[Chorus]
           A#              D#
This is my last day in the mines


[Outro]
               A#              D#
Oh, this is my last day in the mines
           A#              D#
This is my last day in the mines