'Miner's Prayer" from Dwight Yoakam's 1986 debut album "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."
Chords with tab for intro and linking runs.
Linking runs (0-1-2-3) are played over the first words of the next line.
Play with a country bluegrass/swing feeling.
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
[Intro]
e|-------------------------------------------------------3-|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------0-----------|
D|---------0h2p0-----------0h2p0---------0h2p0-------------|
A|---0h1h2---------0h1h2----------=0h1h2-----------------2-|
E|-3-------------3---------------3---------------0-1-2-3-3-|
[Verse 1]
G
When the whistle blows each morning
D G
And I walk down in that cold, dark mine
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-------------0---------|
D|-------0h2p0-----------|
A|-0h1h2-----------------|
E|--------------0-1-2-3--|
G
I say a prayer to my dear Saviour
D G
Please, let me see the sunshine one more time
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-------------0---------|
D|-------0h2p0-----------|
A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-|
E|-----------------------|
[Chorus]
C G
When oh when will it be over
C D
When will I lay these burdens down
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|-0-1-2-3-|
G
And when I die, dear Lord in heaven
D G
Please, take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----------0--------|
D|-------0h2----------|
A|-0h1h2--------------|
E|------------0-1-2-3-|
[Verse 2]
G
I still grieve for my poor brother
D G
I still hear my dear old mother cry
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----------0--------|
D|-------0h2----------|
A|-0h1h2--------------|
E|------------0-1-2-3-|
G
When late that night they came and told her
D G
He'd lost his life down in the Van Lear Mine
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-------------0---------|
D|-------0h2p0-----------|
A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-|
E|-----------------------|
[Chorus]
C G
When oh when will it be over
C D
When will I lay these burdens down
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|--0-1-2-3-|
G
And when I die, dear Lord in heaven
D G
Please, take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----------0--------|
D|-------0h2----------|
A|-0h1h2--------------|
E|------------0-1-2-3-|
[Verse 3]
G
I have no shame, I feel no sorrow
D G
If on this earth not much I own
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----------0--------|
D|-------0h2----------|
A|-0h1h2--------------|
E|------------0-1-2-3-|
G
I have the love of my dear children
D G
An old plough mule, a shovel and a hoe
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-------------0---------|
D|-------0h2p0-----------|
A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-|
E|-----------------------|
[Chorus]
C G
When oh when will it be over
C D
When will I lay these burdens down
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|--0-1-2-3-|
G
And when I die, dear Lord in heaven
D G
Please, take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----------0--------|
D|-------0h2----------|
A|-0h1h2--------------|
E|------------0-1-2-3-|
G
Yeah, when I die, dear Lord in heaven
D G
Please, take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground
[Outro]
e|-----------------------------------------------3-|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------0----|
D|--------0h2p0-----------0h2p0---------0h2p0------|
A|--0h1h2---------0h1h2----------=0h1h2----------2-|
E|--------------3---------------3----------------3-|Miners Prayer chords and lyrics
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'Miner's Prayer" from Dwight Yoakam's 1986 debut album "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc." Chords with tab for intro and linking runs. Linking runs (0-1-2-3) are played over the first words of the next line. Play with a country bluegrass/swing feeling. | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off [Intro] [Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Verse 3] [Chorus] [Outro]
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