Dark As A Dungeon / Songs and Lyrics

Version 1

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X:1
T:Dark As A Dungeon
C:Merle Travis
Z:Webmaster
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q: 1/4=120
K:C
P:verse
(E/2D/2) | C C (C/2D/2) | E G G | A c (c/2d/2) | d2 c | 
w:Come - all you young - fel-lows so brave and so - fine And
e e3/2 d/2 | d G G/2G/2 | A c3/2 c/2 | (A/2G/2 G2 | G2) E/2D/2
w:seek not your for-tunes way - down in the mine  ---It will
C C (C/2D/2) | E G G | A c (c/2d/2) | d2 c/2c/2
w:form as a - ha-bit and seep in your - soul Till the
e e3/2 d/2 | c G G | A c3/2 c/2 | (A/2B/2 B2 | B2) B/2B/2 | 
w:streams of your blood run as black as the coal --- Where it's
P:chorus
G d3/2 e/2 | d B G | c c3/2 A/2 | G2 G/2G/2 | 
w:dark as a dun-geon and damp as the dew, Where the
F d3/2 e/2 | d B G/2G/2 | c c A | G2 E/2D/2 | 
w:dan-gers are ma-ny and the plea-sures are few Where the
C2 C/2D/2 | E2 G/2G/2 | A C C/2D/2 | (d3 | d2) c/2c/2 | 
w:rain ne-ver falls and the sun ne-ver - shines - It's as
e e3/2 d/2 | c G G | A c3/2 c/2 | (A/2G/2 G2 | G2) ||
w:dark as a dun-geon way down in the mine --
W:1
W:Come all you young fellows so brave and so fine,
W:And seek not your fortunes way down in the mines.
W:It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
W:Till the streams of your blood runs as black as the coal.
W:
W:ch
W:Well it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew.
W:The dangers are many and the pleasures are few.
W:Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines,
W:It's as dark as a dungeon way down in the mine.
W:
W:2
W:There's many a body has known a bad way,
W:Who lived just to labour his whole life away.
W:Like a fiend with his dog and the drunkard his wine,
W:A man will have lust for the lure of the wine.
W:
W:3
W:I hope when I die and the ages shall roll,
W:My bones they will blacken and turn into coal.
W:And then from the nook of my heavenly home
W:I'll pity the miners there digging my bones

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