C F C
Poor hardworking miners, their troubles are great
G
So often while working, they meet a sad fate
C F C
Killed by some accident, there's no one to tell
G C
Their mining's all over, poor miner farewell
F C
Only a miner, killed under the ground
G
Only a miner, but one more is gone
C F C
Only a miner, but one more is gone
G C
Leaving his wife and four children alone
C F C
Leaving his little ones out on the street
G
Tired and hungry with nothing to eat
C F C
Momma is jobless and papa is dead
G C
They're coal miners' children, begging for bread
F C
Only a miner, killed under the ground
G
Only a miner, but one more is gone
C F C
Only a miner, but one more is gone
G C
Leaving his wife and four children alone
C F C
When I'm in Kentucky, so often I'll meet
G
Coal miners' children out on the street
C F C
What are you doing, to them I have said
G C
We're coal miners's children, begging for bread
F C
Only a miner, killed under the ground
G
Only a miner, but one more is gone
C F C
Only a miner, but one more is gone
G C
Leaving his wife and four children alone
C
Their mining's all over
F C
Coal miner farewell