Miner's Prayer

Dwight Yoakam

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
When the whistle blows each morning
      D7                          G
And I walk down in that cold dark mine
I say a prayer to my dear Savior
              D7                        G
Please let me see the sunshine one more time

Verse 2

        C               G
When oh when will it be over
     C                        D7
When will I lay these burdens down
           G
And when I die dear Lord in heaven
               D7                             G
Please take my soul from neath that cold dark ground

Verse 3

I still grieve for my poor brother
            D7                      G
And I still hear my dear old mother cry
When late that night they came and told her
              D7                        G
He'd lost his life down in the Van Lear Mine

Verse 2

        C               G
When oh when will it be over
     C                        D7
When will I lay these burdens down
           G
And when I die dear Lord in heaven
               D7                             G
Please take my soul from neath that cold dark ground

Verse 4

I have no shame I feel no sorrow
           D7               G
If on this earth not much I own
I have the love of my sweet children
            D7                  G
An old plow mule a shovel and a hoe

Verse 2

        C               G
When oh when will it be over
     C                        D7
When will I lay these burdens down
           G
And when I die dear Lord in heaven
               D7                             G
Please take my soul from neath that cold dark ground

Verse 5

D7          G
Yeah when I die dear Lord in heaven
               D7                             G
Please take my soul from neath that cold dark ground