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The Caves Of Jericho lyrics
Dm Dm7/C G A
They should have known that trouble was brewing
Dm Dm7/C Asus4 A
They should have seen what the old men knew
Bb F/A
They should have shut us down
Gm Dm
When the hail fell to the ground
Eb Bb/D C A
From a cloudy sky of baby blue

Three o clock on a cold, cold morning
The big bell wailed as if on cue.
A woman s scream was heard
And the news came afterwards
"It s a blow out down in Number Two!"

Dm/B F/C
Down in Jericho Kentucky
A/C# Dm
The mines have all caved in
Bb E/G# A C
Down in Jericho
F
Broken hearts don t mend
E7 D#maj7 D
Tear stained eyes of kin
Bb C# F A A/C#
Never ever seen what the future might have been

The hat lamps burned with a flame like lightning
The coal dust blanketed the morning dew.
The young ones looked for kin
And the blind man, he looks grim.
Cause he sees there s nothing that he can do.

They pumped up the mud and they chunked out water,
They scratched the earth till it turned to sand
And a half mile down below
It s a lost cause the miners know
Meet your maker, boys, the time s at hand.

Down in Jericho, Kentucky
The mines have all caved in
Down in Jericho.
Broken hearts don t mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their future might have been.

The fire boss s hands are clean as a whistle
The fat cat knows he s a company man
But he should have bowed down his head
When they hauled out all the dead
But it s business, boys, start em up again.

Down in Jericho, Kentucky
The mines have all caved in
Down in Jericho.
Broken hearts don t mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their future might have been.

Broken hearts don t mend
Tears stained eyes of kin
Never ever seen
What their future might have been.
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