G Em Am D D/C D/B D
[Chorus]
G
Don't go down to the quarry in the middle of the night
Em
‘cause you’ll never come back, you'll never be right
Am
We lost Maggie there just last spring
D D/C D/B D
And Big Ben Johnson, he couldn't do a thing
(Ha ha ha ha!)
[Verse 1]
G
Big Ben Johnson made a bet with Mad Man Mike
Em
That he could cross the quarry in the middle of the night
Am
A He got there, 'bout halfway across
(slurp, slurp...)
D D/C D/B D
He started sinking down in the red clay moss.
[Verse 2]
G
Nearby standin' on the tracks where the trains used to come
Em
Was Mad Man Mike, beatin' on his drum
Am
Laughin' out loud, eyes rollin' in his head
D D/C D/B D
Standin' on the tracks in Lucifer's stead
[Verse 3]
G
With a long red cape and fire in his eyes
Em
He lifted up his hands to the midnight skies
Am
And the thunder start to roll and the lightenin' flashed wild
(thunder sounds)
D D/C D/B D
And Big Ben Johnson start a cryin' like a child.
[Bridge]
(soft crying and moaning)
G
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Em
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Am
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
D D/C D/B D
Down, down, down, down
[Verse 4]
G
Then the earth gave a shudder, the quarry start to split
Em
Screamin' down went Johnson into the fiery pit
Am
With a laugh that shivered the center of the bone
D D/C D/B D
Mad Man Mike just standin' there alone
[Verse 5]
G
He's callin' all the people, to take their turn
Em
And fall into the pit and eternally burn
(Ah! Ha, Ha ha ha ha!)
Am
Down, down, don't go down
(Ah! Ha, Ha ha ha ha!)
D D/C D/B D
Down, down, down, down
[Verse 6]
G
Oh, Lucifer's caught on the railraod track
Em
He's howlin' at the moon 'cause he can't come back
(soft howeling)
Am
In the evenin' while we're sittin' there in front of the fire
D D/C D/B D
We laugh at old Lucifer before we retire
[Chorus]
G
Don't go down to the quarry in the middle of the night
Em
‘cause you’ll never come back, you'll never be right
Am
We lost Maggie there just last spring
D D/C D/B D
And Big Ben Johnson, he couldn't do a thing
[Outro]
G
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Em
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Am
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
D D/C D/B D
Down, down, down, down.
G
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Em
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Am
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
D D/C D/B D
Down, down, down, down.
G
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Em
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Am
Don't go down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
D D/C D/B D
Down, down, down, down.
