A
It's a working man l am
         D               A
And I've been down under ground
                                   E
And I swear to God if ever see the sun
       A
Or for any length of time
      D             A
I can hold it in my mind
                   E             A
I never again will go down under ground

[Verse 1]
A                                    D               A
At the age of sixteen years, with my father close to tears
                                    E
As he vowed ne're again to send his sons
       A                                   D               A
To the dark recess  of the mine, where you age before your time
A                      E             A
And the coal dust lies heave on your lungs.

[Chorus]
A
It's a working man l am
         D               A
And I've been down under ground
                                   E
And I swear to God if ever see the sun
       A
Or for any length of time
      D             A
I can hold it in my mind
                   E             A
I never again will go down under ground

[Verse 1]


A                                   D             A
At the age of sixty five, I pray to God I'm still alive,
                                         E
And the wheels above the mines no longer whine,
         A                                 D                   A
And they finally close the hole, where for years we clawed for coal,
A                          E          A
And never again will we go down underground

[Chorus]
A
It's a working man l am
         D               A
And I've been down under ground
                                   E
And I swear to God if ever see the sun
       A
Or for any length of time
      D             A
I can hold it in my mind
                   E             A
I never again will go down under ground