C, F

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

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

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

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

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

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