The Mines chords

[INTRO]
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [G] [C]

[VERSE 1]
My [C]grandad [Am]worked at a [C]West Virginia [Am]coal trap
[C]Deep into the [Am]role of a [G]miner
But he [C]always [Am]told us [C]life among the [Am]coal dust
[C]Never was the [F/C]life he had in [G]mind[C]
But the [C]graveyard shift he shoveled at the mine
All the [Am]while there [F/C]dreaming of the [C]life out[G]side
Now my [C]grandad [Am]lays in a [C]coal miner's [Am]grave
His [C]epitaph re[F/C]mains a re[G]mind[C]er

[CHORUS]
Oh the [C]mines, the mines, they're all that I've [Am]known
Been in [C]line for the [G]mines since the [C]day I was [Am]born
The [C]mines, the mines, the mines they run [Am]deep
Well I [C]lay my [Am]coal black [G]soul to [C]sleep

[INTERLUDE]
(C) [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [G] [C]

[VERSE 2]
[C]I remember [Am]well how my [C]father used to [Am]tell
How he'd [C]drill and [Am]dream of the [G]highway
The [C]open [Am]road, desti[C]nation un[Am]known
Far a[C]way, far [F/C]away from the [G]mini[C]ng
But the [C]twelve hour days he drove down the shaft
With his [Am]highway [F/C]dreams on a [C]dead end [G]map
Now my [C]father [Am]lays in a [C]black lung [Am]grave
His [C]epitaph [F/C]remains a re[G]mind[C]er

[CHORUS]
Oh the [C]mines, the mines, they're all that I've [Am]known
Been in [C]line for the [G]mines since the [C]day I was [Am]born
The [C]mines, the mines, the mines they run [Am]deep
Well I [C]lay my [Am]coal black [G]soul to [C]sleep

[INTERLUDE]
(C) [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [G] [C]

[VERSE 3]
A [C]heavy [Am]load has [C]fallen on [Am]me
Will [C]history coll[Am]apse upon [G]all my dreams
Now [C]I rem[Am]ain down [C]deep in[Am]side
A [C]coal miner [F/C]trying to [G]dig [C]free
My [C]father's dreams and my grandad's dreams
Are [Am]buried [F/C]down deep in[C]side of [G]me
So I re[C]fuse to [Am]die way [C]down in the [Am]mine
My [C]grave will have to [F/C]wait oh lord it [G]ain't my [C]time

[CHORUS]
Oh the [C]mines, the mines, they're all that I've [Am]known
Been in [C]line for the [G]mines since the [C]day I was [Am]born
The [C]mines, the mines, the mines they run [Am]deep
Well I [C]lay my [Am]coal black [G]soul to [Am]sleep [G]
In the [C]mine

[OUTRO]
(C) [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [G] [C]