Autoscroll
1 Column 
Text size
Transpose 0
Tuning: E A D G B E
'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. [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]
GWhen the whistle blows each morning And I Dwalk down in that cold, dark Gmine
e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-------------0---------| D|-------0h2p0-----------| A|-0h1h2-----------------| E|--------------0-1-2-3--|
I say a Gprayer to my dear Saviour Please, let me Dsee the sunshine one more tGime
e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-------------0---------| D|-------0h2p0-----------| A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-| E|-----------------------| [Chorus]
When oh Cwhen will it be Gover When Cwill I lay these burdens Ddown
e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---------| A|---------| E|-0-1-2-3-|
And when I Gdie, dear Lord in heaven Please, take my Dsoul from 'neath that cold, dark Gground
e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-| [Verse 2]
I still Ggrieve for my poor brother I still Dhear my dear old mother Gcry
e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-|
When late that Gnight they came and told her He'd lost his Dlife down in the Van Lear GMine
e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-------------0---------| D|-------0h2p0-----------| A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-| E|-----------------------| [Chorus]
When oh Cwhen will it be Gover When Cwill I lay these burdens Ddown
e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|----------| A|----------| E|--0-1-2-3-|
And when I Gdie, dear Lord in heaven Please, take my Dsoul from 'neath that cold, dark Gground
e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-| [Verse 3]
I have no Gshame, I feel no sorrow If on this Dearth not much I Gown
e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-|
I have the Glove of my dear children An old plough Dmule, a shovel and a Ghoe
e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-------------0---------| D|-------0h2p0-----------| A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-| E|-----------------------| [Chorus]
When oh Cwhen will it beG over When Cwill I lay these burdens Ddown
e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|----------| A|----------| E|--0-1-2-3-|
And when I Gdie, dear Lord in heaven Please, take my Dsoul from 'neath that cold, dark Gground
e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-|
Yeah, when I Gdie, dear Lord in heaven Please, take my Dsoul from 'neath that cold, dark Gground
[Outro] e|-----------------------------------------------3-| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------0----| D|--------0h2p0-----------0h2p0---------0h2p0------| A|--0h1h2---------0h1h2----------=0h1h2----------2-| E|--------------3---------------3----------------3-| ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off ************************************