Em

[Chorus]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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