{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1793899,"song":"Blue Diamond Mines","artist":"Kathy Mattea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11394970-blue-diamond-mines-chords-by-kathy-mattea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1793899?type=chord","rating":4.60818,"votes":11,"content":"Kathy Mattea - Blue Diamond Mines\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI remember the ways in the bygone days[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen we were in our prime[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen us and John L give the old man hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown in the Blue Diamond Mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, the whistle blowed as the rooster crow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo hours before daylight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen a man done his best and he's earned his good rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPaid seventeen dollars a night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the mines in the mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Blue Diamond Mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI worked my life away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the mines in the mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Blue Diamond Mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, fall on your knees and pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou old black gold, you've taken my lung[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd your dust has darkened my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now that we're old, you're turning your back[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere else can an old miner go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, it's Algoma Block and it's Big Leather Woods[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now its Blue Diamond too[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, the pits are all closed, better get another job[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat else can an old miner do?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the mines in the mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Blue Diamond Mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI worked my life away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the mines in the mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Blue Diamond Mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, fall on your knees and pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJohn L had a dream, but it's broken it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMining has had it's day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut they're stripping off my mountain top[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they pay me eight dollars a day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou might get a little poke of welfare meal [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA little poke of welfare flour [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I tell you right now, you won't qualify [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Til you work for a quarter an hour [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the mines in the mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Blue Diamond Mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI worked my life away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the mines in the mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Blue Diamond Mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, fall on your knees and pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Kathy Mattea - Blue Diamond Mines\n\n\n\n\nINTRO: G    F    G  F  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: G  F  G  C    G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: G  F  G  C    G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO: G  F  G  C    G","chords":["G","F","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}