Em... G... Am... G... D


Em               G
David, I never expected to see you
Am                              G            D
Face black with soot down and a fire in your eyes
Em                G
David, I never intended to grieve you
Am
Meant to disgrace you 
     G               Am            Em
Your face black with soot and your eyes


Em... G... Am... G... D


Em                    G
Mother, my brother is dead in the gutter
Am                     G          D
Dead in the gutter, oh my baby brother
Em                    G
Mother, my father is down in the ground
Am                   G            Am            Em
Down under, mining, fetching the white man his gold


G
Down under, mining
Am
Down under, mining
G            Am             Em
Fetching the white man his gold
G
Down under, mining
Am
Down under, mining
G             Am            Em
Fetching the white man his gold


G
Oh Town of Johannes
Am
Your spell is upon us, 
Em
Your spell and your lust
C                             G
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
          Am
But they from near and far come 
   A7                        C
I don’t know what they’re looking for
   G               D               C  G
I don’t know what they’re looking for
G            Am             Em
Fetching the white man his gold

Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am                           G            C   Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am                            G           C   Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am                            G            C   Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below