Dm Dm7/C G A
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They should have known that trouble was brewing
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Dm Dm7/C Asus4 A
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They should have seen what the old men knew
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Bb F/A
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They should have shut us down
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Gm Dm
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When the hail fell to the ground
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Eb Bb/D C A
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From a cloudy sky of baby blue
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Three o'clock on a cold, cold morning
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The big bell wailed as if on cue.
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A woman's scream was heard
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And the news came afterwards
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"It's a blow out down in Number Two!"
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Dm/B F/C
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Down in Jericho Kentucky
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A/C# Dm
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The mines have all caved in
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Bb E/G# A C
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Down in Jericho
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F
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Broken hearts don't mend
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E7 D#maj7 D
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Tear stained eyes of kin
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Bb C# F A A/C#
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Never ever seen what the future might have been
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The hat lamps burned with a flame like lightning
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The coal dust blanketed the morning dew.
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The young ones looked for kin
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And the blind man, he looks grim.
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'Cause he sees there's nothing that he can do.
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They pumped up the mud and they chunked out water,
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They scratched the earth till it turned to sand
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And a half mile down below
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It's a lost cause the miners know
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Meet your maker, boys, the time's at hand.
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Down in Jericho, Kentucky
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The mines have all caved in
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Down in Jericho.
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Broken hearts don't mend
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Tears stained eyes of kin
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Never ever seen
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What their future might have been.
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The fire boss's hands are clean as a whistle
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The fat cat knows he's a company man
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But he should have bowed down his head
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When they hauled out all the dead
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But it's business, boys, start 'em up again.
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Down in Jericho, Kentucky
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The mines have all caved in
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Down in Jericho.
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Broken hearts don't mend
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Tears stained eyes of kin
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Never ever seen
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What their future might have been.
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Broken hearts don't mend
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Tears stained eyes of kin
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Never ever seen
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What their future might have been.
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The Caves of Jericho
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| The Band |
