Misc Unsigned Bands - Jake speed and the freddies - the mines

My ^Cgrandad ^Amworked at a ^CWest Virginia ^Amcoal trap ^CDeep into the ^Amrole of a ^Gminer But he ^Calways ^Amtold us ^Clife among the ^Amcoal dust ^CNever was the ^F/Clife he had in ^Gmind^C But the ^Cgraveyard shift he shoveled at the mine All the ^Amwhile there ^F/Cdreaming of the ^Clife out^Gside Now my ^Cgrandad ^Amlays in a ^Ccoal miner's ^Amgrave His ^Cepitaph re^F/Cmains a re^Gmind^Cer

Oh the ^Cmines, the mines, they're all that I've ^Amknown Been in ^Cline for the ^Gmines since the ^Cday I was ^Amborn The ^Cmines, the mines, the mines they run ^Amdeep Well I ^Clay my ^Amcoal black ^Gsoul to ^Csleep

^CI remember ^Amwell how my ^Cfather used to ^Amtell How he'd ^Cdrill and ^Amdream of the ^Ghighway The ^Copen ^Amroad, desti^Cnation un^Amknown Far a^Cway, far ^F/Caway from the ^Gmini^Cng But the ^Ctwelve hour days he drove down the shaft With his ^Amhighway ^F/Cdreams on a ^Cdead end ^Gmap Now my ^Cfather ^Amlays in a ^Cblack lung ^Amgrave His ^Cepitaph ^F/Cremains a re^Gmind^Cer

Oh the ^Cmines, the mines, they're all that I've ^Amknown Been in ^Cline for the ^Gmines since the ^Cday I was ^Amborn The ^Cmines, the mines, the mines they run ^Amdeep Well I ^Clay my ^Amcoal black ^Gsoul to ^Csleep

A ^Cheavy ^Amload has ^Cfallen on ^Amme Will ^Chistory coll^Amapse upon ^Gall my dreams Now ^CI rem^Amain down ^Cdeep in^Amside A ^Ccoal miner ^F/Ctrying to ^Gdig ^Cfree My ^Cfather's dreams and my grandad's dreams Are ^Amburied ^F/Cdown deep in^Cside of ^Gme So I re^Cfuse to ^Amdie way ^Cdown in the ^Ammine My ^Cgrave will have to ^F/Cwait oh lord it ^Gain't my ^Ctime

Oh the ^Cmines, the mines, they're all that I've ^Amknown Been in ^Cline for the ^Gmines since the ^Cday I was ^Amborn The ^Cmines, the mines, the mines they run ^Amdeep Well I ^Clay my ^Amcoal black ^Gsoul to ^Amsleep ^G In the ^Cmine