{"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":1861758,"song":"Miners Prayer","artist":"Dwight Yoakam","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11414645-miners-prayer-chords-by-dwight-yoakam/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1861758?type=chord","rating":4.73895,"votes":35,"content":"I find this song easier to sing (and play) in G, transpose +7\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the whistle blows each morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I walk down in that cold dark mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI say a prayer to my dear savior[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G7[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlease let me see that sun shine one more time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen oh when will it be over[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen will I lay these burdens down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when I die, dear Lord in heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G7[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlease take soul from 'neath that cold dark ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI still grieve for my poor brother[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I still hear my dear old mother cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\nLate that night they came and told her[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe lost his life down in the Van Leer Mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen oh when will it be over[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen will I lay these burdens down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when I die, dear Lord in heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nPlease take soul from 'neath that cold dark ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI have no shame, I feel no sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nIf this earth, not much I own[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI have the love of my sweet children[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn old plow mule, a shovel and a hoe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen oh when will it be over[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen will I lay these burdens down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when I die, dear Lord in heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlease take soul from 'neath that cold dark ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, when I die, dear Lord in heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlease take soul from 'neath that cold dark ground[/tab]","plain_text":"I find this song easier to sing (and play) in G, transpose +7\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","G7","F"],"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}