Dwight Yoakam – Miners Prayer (Guitar Intro)
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Guitar Intro
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Chords
'Miner's Prayer" from Dwight Yoakam's 1986 debut album "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc."
Chords with tab for intro and linking runs.
Linking runs (0-1-2-3) are played over the first words of the next line.
Play with a country bluegrass/swing feeling.
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
[Intro]
e|-------------------------------------------------------3-| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------0-----------| D|---------0h2p0-----------0h2p0---------0h2p0-------------| A|---0h1h2---------0h1h2----------=0h1h2-----------------2-| E|-3-------------3---------------3---------------0-1-2-3-3-|
[Verse 1]
G When the whistle blows each morning D G And I walk down in that cold, dark mine e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-------------0---------| D|-------0h2p0-----------| A|-0h1h2-----------------| E|--------------0-1-2-3--| G I say a prayer to my dear Saviour D G Please, let me see the sunshine one more time e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-------------0---------| D|-------0h2p0-----------| A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-| E|-----------------------|
[Chorus]
C G When oh when will it be over C D When will I lay these burdens down e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---------| A|---------| E|-0-1-2-3-| G And when I die, dear Lord in heaven D G Please, take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-|
[Verse 2]
G I still grieve for my poor brother D G I still hear my dear old mother cry e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-| G When late that night they came and told her D G He'd lost his life down in the Van Lear Mine e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-------------0---------| D|-------0h2p0-----------| A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-| E|-----------------------|
[Chorus]
C G When oh when will it be over C D When will I lay these burdens down e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|----------| A|----------| E|--0-1-2-3-| G And when I die, dear Lord in heaven D G Please, take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-|
[Verse 3]
G I have no shame, I feel no sorrow D G If on this earth not much I own e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-| G I have the love of my dear children D G An old plough mule, a shovel and a hoe e|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-------------0---------| D|-------0h2p0-----------| A|-0h1h2---------0-1-2-3-| E|-----------------------|
[Chorus]
C G When oh when will it be over C D When will I lay these burdens down e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|----------| A|----------| E|--0-1-2-3-| G And when I die, dear Lord in heaven D G Please, take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-----------0--------| D|-------0h2----------| A|-0h1h2--------------| E|------------0-1-2-3-| G Yeah, when I die, dear Lord in heaven D G Please, take my soul from 'neath that cold, dark ground
[Outro]
e|-----------------------------------------------3-| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------0----| D|--------0h2p0-----------0h2p0---------0h2p0------| A|--0h1h2---------0h1h2----------=0h1h2----------2-| E|--------------3---------------3----------------3-|