Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E

Dark as a Dungeon (Live) by Classic Country Gentlemen featuring Charlie Waller and John Duffey YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3_1OcFSHQ&list=PL474D5AC83B014B57 1991 Woodstock Festival Lyrics and Music by Merle Travis arr. by The Classic Country Gentlemen Standard Tuning Capo: 5th Fret [Intro] D D G A7 A7 D G D [Verse 1]

^DCome listen you fellows so ^Gyoung and so ^A7fine ^A7Oh ^Dseek not your fortune in the ^Gdark dreary ^Dmine ^DIt will form as a habit and ^Gseep in your ^A7soul ^A7'Till the ^Dstream of your life blood i^Gs as black as the ^Dcoal

[Chorus]

^DIt's ^A7dark as a dungeon and ^Ddamp as the dew ^DWhere the ^A7dangers are double and the ^Dpleasures are few ^DWhere the rain never ^D7falls and the ^Gsun never ^Ashin^A7es ^A7It's ^Ddark as a dungeon way ^Gdown in the ^Dmines

[Instrumental] D D G A7 D D G D [Versee 2]

^DI hope when I'm gone and the ^Gages shall ^A7roll ^A7My body will ^Dblacken and ^Gturn into ^Dcoal ^DThen I'll look from the door from m^Gy heavenl^A7y home ^A7And pity the ^Dminer a-^Gdigging my ^Dbones

[Verse 3]

^DIt's a-many a man I've ^Gknown in my ^A7day ^A7Who ^Dlived just to labor ^Ghis whole life ^Daway ^DLike a fiend with his dope and a ^Gdrunkard his ^A7wine ^A7A man will have ^Dlust for the ^Glure of the ^Dmine

[Chorus]

^DIt's ^A7dark as a dungeon and ^Ddamp as the dew ^DWhere the ^A7dangers are double and the ^Dpleasures are few ^DWhere the rain never ^D7falls and the ^Gsun never ^A7shines ^A7It's ^Ddark as a dungeon way ^Gdown in the ^Dmines

The Country Gentlemen - Dark as a dungeon