C F C F C G C G [Verse] C Am I am a tramp miner, I've been for some time now C Em Am I live without light of the day C Em F Am In the black underground that's where I'll be found C G F C G C F C G Biding my time away, Oh working my life away [Verse] C Am From here out to Timmins, I've loved all your women C Em Am In the taverns I drank down my pay C Em F Am But I'd do it again even though it's a sin C G F For it's better than driving the raise C G C F C G If you've done it you'd know what I say [Chorus] C So I'll roll, roll with the wind F C Roll, roll with the wind C Em Am F Roll, roll with the time and the wind C G C F C G Then I'll find my way back home again [Bridge] Bb Homesickness, heartbreak C And black lung among these men run rampant Bb As there rockin' and rollin' G C F C G C F C G High ballin' this country today [Outro] C Am I've been a tramp miner, for such a long time now C Em Am I live without light of the day C Em F Am In a hole in the ground, they'll lower me down C G F C F C F C G That'll be my final pay, for working my life away