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      G                     C          G
I'm a black lung miner from East Tennessee
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Raised my family on cold dust and beans
     G                          C            Em   Am
That old black lung's got me no life left in me
        G              Am              C       G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie

    G                      C             G
For twenty-five years I've worked in the mines
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Where the earth is as black as a cold winter's night
        G                             C         Em   Am
There's millions in the ground, not a penny for me
        G              Am              C       G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie

     G                      C           G
I've loved all my children, six sons of mine
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I pray that they never have to work in the mine
        G                                 C             Em   Am
For the black lung will get them, they'll die just like me
        G              Am              C       G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie

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        G                    C          G
There's frost on the ground, ice in the trees
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The air is so heavy I can't hardly breathe
        G                           C            Em     Am
For the old black lung's got me and soon I'll be free
        G              Am              C       G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie
                       Am              C       G
Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie