[Intro]
Am Dm Am Am Em Am [x2]
[Verse 1]
Am Dm Am
Oh early in the morning, 'fore the sun rise
Am Dm Am
They get outta bed an' open their eyes
Am Dm Am
With dirty old trousers in browns an' blacks
Am Em Am
They pick up their tools and pick up their ax
Am Dm Am
Say way oh, the dust it blows
Am Em Am
Say way oh, the dust it blows
[Verse 2]
Am Dm Am
They march down that road, to Stilton's old mine
Am Dm Am
Just like their elders, when the wages were fine
Am Dm Am
But Stilton's long gone, and so is his grace
Am Em Am
Now ain't no one happy in this miserable place
Am Dm Am
Say way oh, the silver it glows
Am Em Am
Say way oh, the silver it glows
[Verse 3]
Am Dm Am
Down underground, it's dark and it's cold
Am Dm Am
They don't get no breaks, they do as they're told
Am Dm Am
The dust crews get down on their hands and knees
Am Em Am
To do anything that angry foreman please
Am Dm Am
Say way oh, the dust it blows
Am Em Am
Say way oh, the silver it glows
[Verse 4]
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But the foreman he's under the Duke's greedy thumb
Am Em Am
Makin' them miners work till they're numb
Am Dm Am
They pull out that silver and make that man rich
Am Em Am
And come home broken, face black as pitch
Am Dm Am
Say way oh, the dust it blows
Am Em Am
Say way oh, the silver it glows
[Break]
Dm
An' up in that palace, where the greedy Duke hides
Am
there's riches and treasures he ne'er divides
Dm
But down in Batista, a dirty wind blows
F E
The stews are thin and there's rags for clothes
[Verse 5]
Am Dm Am
Oh the dust district, she's a terrible place
Am Dm Am
Put a limp in yer walk, and a scowl on yer face
Am Dm Am
When the miners come back, with pittance for pay
Am Em Am
Makes you wonder why they e'en get up the next day
[Outro]
Am Dm Am
Say way oh, the dust it blows
Am Em Am
Say way oh, the silver it glows
Am Dm Am
Say way oh, the dust it blows
Am Em Am
Say way oh, the silver it glows