Miner’s Prayer - Dwight Yoakam - 90 bpm

When the [G]whistle [][][]blows each []morning[][][]
And I [D]walk []down []in that []cold, dark [G]mine[][][]
I say a [G]prayer [][]to []my dear []Savior[][][]
Please let me [D]see []the []sunshine []one more [G]time[][][]

	When oh [C]when [][]will []it be [G]over[][][]
	When [C]will [][]I lay these []burdens [D]down[][][]
	And when I [G]die, [][]dear []Lord in []heaven[][][]
	Please take my [D]soul []from []beneath that []cold dark [G]ground[][][]

I still [G]grieve [][]for []my poor []brother[][][]
And I still [D]hear []my []dear old []mother [G]cry[][][]
When late that [G]night [][]they []came and []told []her[][]
He'd lost his [D]life []down []in the []Big Shoal [G]Mine[][][]

[::33::repeat chorus]

I have no [G]shame, [][]I []feel no []sorrow[][][]
If on this [D]earth [][]not []much I [G]own[][][]
I have the [G]love [][]of []my dear []child[]ren[][]
An old plow [D]mule, []a []shovel []and a [G]hoe[][][]

[::33::repeat chorus]
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