Dark As A Dungeon

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[Verse 1]
E
Oh come all you young fellers,
A B7
so young and so fine,
E
seek not your fortune
A E
in the dark dreary mine
[Verse 2]
E
It'll form as a habit
A B7
and seep in your soul,
E
till the stream of you blood
A E
runs as black as the coal
[Chorus 1]
B7
Where it's dark as a dungeon,
A E
damp as a dew.
B7
Danger is double,
A E
pleasures are few,
E7
where the rain never falls,
A B7
the sun never shines,
E
it's dark as a dungeon
A E
way down in the mine
[Verse 3]
E
Like a man with his dope,
A B7
like a drunkard with his wine,
E
a man will have lust
A E
for the lure of the mine
[Verse 4]
E
And I'll pray when I'm dead,
A B7
and my ages shall roll,
E
that my body would blacken
A E
and turn into coal
[Verse 5]
E
And I'd look from the door
A B7
of my heavenly home
E
and pity the miner
A E
diggin my bones
[Chorus 2]
B7
Where it's dark as a dungeon,
A E
damp as a dew.
B7
Danger is double,
A E
pleasures are few,
E7
where the rain never falls,
A B7
the sun never shines,
E
it's dark as a dungeon
A E
way down in the mine

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[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Chorus 2]

Dark As A Dungeon Chords by Johnny Cash

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