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

[Verse 2]
Dm                Dm7/C        G       A
Three o'clock on a cold, cold morning
Dm            Dm7/C          Asus4     A
The big bell wailed as if on cue.
Bb                   F/A
A woman's scream was heard
        Gm             Dm         
And the news came afterwards
        Eb              Bb/D    C    A   
"It's a blow out down in Number Two!"

[Chorus]
         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

[Verse 3]
Dm            Dm7/C                       G       A
The hat lamps burned with a flame like lightning
Dm              Dm7/C               Asus4     A
The coal dust blanketed the morning dew.
Bb                        F/A
The young ones looked for kin
              Gm             Dm     
And the blind man, he looks grim.
           Eb                      Bb/D    C    A   
'Cause he sees there's nothing that he can do.

[Verse 4]
Dm                Dm7/C                       G       A
They pumped up the mud and they chunked out water,
Dm                 Dm7/C                   Asus4     A
They scratched the earth till it turned to sand
Bb                   F/A
And a half mile down below
            Gm                Dm   
It's a lost cause the miners know
          Eb               Bb/D       C    A   
Meet your maker, boys, the time's at hand.


[Chorus]
         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

[Verse 5]
Dm              Dm7/C                 G       A
The fire boss's hands are clean as a whistle
Dm          Dm7/C                Asus4     A
The fat cat knows he's a company man
Bb                                F/A
But he should have bowed down his head
            Gm                Dm   
When they hauled out all the dead
         Eb                     Bb/D  C    A   
But it's business, boys, start 'em up again.

[Chorus]
         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

[Outro]
        F                        
Broken hearts don't mend
E7            D#maj7       D      
Tear stained eyes of kin
      Bb                  
Never ever seen 
C#                F     A   A/C#
What the future might have been.