Charlie Waller and The Country Gentlemen - Dark As A Dungeon guitar chord

Dark As A Dungeon as recorded by Charlie Waller and The Country Gentlemen

Album: 45 Years Of Memories

Interpreted/Transcribed by Gary Willett (12 Mar 2006) Gmwns@aol.com

Intro (A) (D) (A) (D) (A)

*(A) Come all young fellows so (D) young and so (E) fine

*And (A) seek not your fortune in the (D) dark dreary (A) mine

(A) It will form as a habit and (D) seep in your (E) soul

Till the (A) stream of your life blood runs (D) dark as the (A) coal

Chorus

It's (E) dark as a dungeon (D) damp as the (A) dew

Where the (E) dangers are double and the (D) pleasures are (A) few

Where the rain never falls and the (D) sun never (E) shines

It's (A) dark as a dungeon way (D) down in the (A) mine

Instrumental break – Follow pattern of first two lines*

(A) It's many a man I've (D) seen in my (E) day

Will (A) live just to labor his (D) poor live a-(A)-way

Like a fiend with his dope a (D) drunkard his (E) wine

A (A) man will have lust for the (D) lure of the (A) mine

And many a man I've (D) seen in my (E) day

Who (A) lives just to labor his (D) poor live a (A) way

I'll take a look from my (D) heavenly (E) home

And (A) pity the miner (D) diggin' my (A) bones

Repeat Chorus and end song

Note: On the recording, they end by slowing down at the word

‘way' in the last line and don't change to (A) until after ‘mine'

If you have the recording, you will hear it.