The Kingston Trio – Blackleg Miner (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em [Chorus]
                         D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark

  Em             D
A blackleg miner goes to work

         Em                   D
With his moleskin pants and a dirty shirt

      Em       D        Em
There goes the blackleg miner
[Verse]
                          D
Oh, he takes his pick and down he goes

   Em                D
To hew the coal that lies below

        Em                       D
There's not a woman in this town row

      Em        D        Em
Would look at a blackleg miner
[Chorus]
                         D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark

    Em             D
The blackleg miner goes to work

         Em                   D
With his moleskin pants and a dirty shirt

      Em       D        Em
There goes the blackleg miner
[Verse]
                          D
Ah, Deleval is a terrible place

     Em                D
They rub wet clay in a blackleg's face

 Em                  D
'Round the pits they run a footrace

   Em        D        Em
To catch the blackleg miner
[Verse]
                      D
Now don't go near the Seghill mine

 Em                    D
Across the top they've stretched a line

   Em                   D
To catch the throat and break the spine

       Em    D        Em
Of the dirty blackleg miner
[Chorus]
                         D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark

    Em             D
The blackleg miner goes to work

         Em                     D
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt

      Em       D        Em
There goes the blackleg miner
[Verse]
                       D
Now take this pick and duds as well

    Em                        D
And hurl them down the pit of Hell

   Em             D
So off you go and fare you well

    Em    D        Em
You dirty blackleg miner
[Verse]
                   D
Now join the union while you may

      Em           D
Don't wait to your dying day

     Em            D
That may not be so far away

    Em    D        Em
You dirty blackleg miner
[Chorus]
                         D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark

    Em             D
The blackleg miner goes to work

         Em                     D
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt

      Em       D        Em
There goes the blackleg miner
[Chorus]
                         D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark

    Em             D
The blackleg miner goes to work

         Em                     D
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt

      Em       D        Em
There goes the blackleg miner