Ten Candle Days chords

[INTRO]
C, F

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

[CHORUS]
Singing [G]ah, ale-ale-alah[F] [C]
And wh[C]en I die, won[F]'t you lay m[C]e on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen[G] grov[C]e
[C]Spend our days searching these mo[F]untains for silv[C]er ten candle days will be gone f[G]ore too long [C]

[VERSE]
[C]So we found us a boom town, to work in the cracks
We’re thankin[G]g the Lord now, for the strength in ou[Am]r backs
With pick ax a[C]nd powder, a quick prayer to God
A candle an h[G]our, for each one on the job[Am]
We learned fast a man’s me[C]asured, by the weight of his ore
Found the woman you tr[G]easure, could love nothing more[Am]
The summer of ei[C]ghteen blessed us with a child
A past ever chan[G]ging, with pressure in tim[Am]e

[CHORUS]
Singing [G]ah, ale-ale-alah[F] [C]
And wh[C]en I die, won[F]'t you lay m[C]e on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen[G] grov[C]e
[C]Spend our days searching these mo[F]untains for silv[C]er ten candle days will be gone f[G]ore too long [C]
Shine o[F]n, shine O[C]n These ten candle days shine on [G]
Shine o[Am]n, shine O[G]n When the li[C]ghts come down low[G]
We'll be coming ho[C]me

[VERSE]
[C]My brothers are gone now, black soot for ash
I guess wh[G]at you take out, you gotta [Am]give back
Lonely pros[C]pector, the last of my kind
Sole pro[G]tector of this silver mi[Am]ne

[CHORUS]
Singing [G]ah, ale-ale-alah[F] [C]
And wh[C]en I die, won[F]'t you lay m[C]e on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen[G] grov[C]e
[C]Spend our days searching these mo[F]untains for silv[C]er ten candle days will be gone f[G]ore too long [C]
Shine o[F]n, shine O[C]n These ten candle days shine on [G]
Shine o[Am]n, shine O[G]n When the li[C]ghts come down low[G]
We'll be coming hom[F]e... [C]