INTRO: G  D  Em  C  G  D  G

                 C                    G
My brother was a Springfield Mountain coal miner
                            C             D
He had three young children and a darling wife
    C                                    G
But last night there was a rumble on the mountain
                        D                 Em    C
Shaft number three came down and took his life
      G                 D                 G
Shaft number three came down and took his life


              C                 G
Thirty miners died down in that cave-in
                     C                  D
Thirteen times we've brought the wagons down
        C                                     G
There's twenty graves we'll be digging in the churchyard
                D              Em     C
Ten more in the mountains underground
G               D              G       G7
Ten more in the mountains underground


CHORUS:
    C         G        D                      G
Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
C               G           D
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
                    Em     C  G  D  G
Where the cold wind blows


INSTRUMENTAL: G  C  G  C  D  C  G  D  Em  C  G  D  G  


                    C            G
And my sister was a coal miner's daughter
               C            D
My daddy was a coal miner's son
   C                               G
My family's lived and died on this mountain
                             D              Em    C
Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come
     G                       D              G
Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come


                      C             G
One more year I'll be ready for the coal mine
                  C             D
One more year and I'll be going down
    C                               G
But every night when I pass by that mountain
                D            Em     C
I cry to see my brother underground
       G             D            G      
Yes, I cry to see my brother underground


CHORUS:
    C         G        D                      G
Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
C               G           D
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
                    Em    C
Where the cold wind blows


CHORUS:
    G                  D                      G
Lay down dear brother, Daddy's gonna take you home
C               G           D
Mamma's right behind you to take you home
                    Em     C  
Where the cold wind blows
            G              D 
She's gonna take you home
                    G
Where the cold wind blows