C, F
[Verse]
C
Daddy was a hard man, worked coal all his life
GAm
A dollar a day wage kept us alive
C
So we headed west bound, we came of age
GAm
Fortunes to be found, and we stake our claim
[Chorus]
GFC
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
CFCGC
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
CFCGC
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long
[Verse]
C
So we found us a boom town, to work in the cracks
GAm
We’re thanking the Lord now, for the strength in our backs
C
With pick ax and powder, a quick prayer to God
GAm
A candle an hour, for each one on the job
C
We learned fast a man’s measured, by the weight of his ore
GAm
Found the woman you treasure, could love nothing more
C
The summer of eighteen blessed us with a child
GAm
A past ever changing, with pressure in time
[Chorus]
GFC
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
CFCGC
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
CFCGC
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long
FCG
Shine on, shine On These ten candle days shine on
AmGCG
Shine on, shine On When the lights come down low
C
We'll be coming home
[Verse]
C
My brothers are gone now, black soot for ash
GAm
I guess what you take out, you gotta give back
C
Lonely prospector, the last of my kind
GAm
Sole protector of this silver mine
[Chorus]
GFC
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
CFCGC
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
CFCGC
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long
FCG
Shine on, shine On These ten candle days shine on
AmGCG
Shine on, shine On When the lights come down low
FC
We'll be coming home...