Chords for Dark As A Dungeon - Harry Belafonte (1962)

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[Bb] _ Come all you young [Eb] fellas, _ so [F] young and so fine, _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Seek not [Db] your fortune [Eb] in the dark [Bb] dreary mind,
_ _ _ It'll form as a habit, [Eb] _ it'll seep [F] in your _ _ _
_ [Fm] soul,
[Bb] _ _ Where the blood [Db] in your _ [Eb] veins runs black [Bb] as the coal,
_ _ [F] For it's dark as a dungeon, _ [Bb] _ and it's damp as the dune, _
[F] _ _ Where the dangers are double, _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] the pleasures are few, _ _
_ Where the rain never [Eb] falls, _ the [F] sun never _ _ shines,
_ [Bb] _ Oh God, it's dark as a [Db] dungeon, _ [Eb] _ laid [Bb] down in the mine, _
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Oh, it's many a man _ [Eb] _ _
[G] I've known [F] in my _ _ days,
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_ [Bb] _ _ Who lived just [Db] to labour _
[Eb] his whole [Bb] life away, _ _
_ Like a fiend before his [Eb] doom, a [F] drunkard his wine, _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ A man will have [F] lust [Eb] for the [Bb] lure of the mine, _
_ _ _ Oh, I hope when I [Eb] die, _ and [F] the ages do [Fm] roam, _
_ [Bb] _ _ Yes, my body will harden [Bbm] _ [Eb] and _ [Bb] turn into coal,
_ _ _ _ Then I'll look from the [Eb] door _ of [F] my heavenly _ _ home,
_ [Bb] _ _ To see a poor [Eb] miner, _ a [Bb]-diggin' my bones,
_ _ [F] _ Oh, it's dark as a dungeon, _ [Bb] _ _ _ and it's damp as the dune,
[F] _ _ Where the dangers are [Eb] double, _ the [Bb] pleasures are few, _
_ Where the rain never falls, [Eb] _
_ the sun [F] never _ _ _ shines,
[Bb] Oh God, it's dark as a dungeon, _ [Eb] _ laid [Bb] down in the mine.
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