E A B E [Verse] E A B Come listen you fellers, so young and so fine E A E And seek not your fortune, in the dark, dreary mines E A B It’ll form as a habit, and seep in your soul E A E ’Till the stream of your blood, is as black as the coal [Chorus] B A E It’s dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew B A E Where the danger is double, and pleasures are few E A B Where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines E A E It’s dark as a dungeon, way down in the mines [Post-Chorus] E A B E [Verse] E A B It’s many a man, I have known in my day E A E Who live just to labor, his young life away E A B Where the demons of death often come by surprise E A E One fall of the slate, and you’re buried alive E A B I hope when I’m gone, and the ages shall roll E A E My body will blacken, and turn into coal E A B Then I look from the door, of my heavenly home E A E And pity the miner diggin’ my bone [Chorus] B A E It’s dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew B A E Where the danger is double, and pleasures are few E A B Where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines E A E It’s dark as a dungeon, way down in the mines