[Intro]
C, F
[Verse]
C
Daddy was a hard man, worked coal all his life
G Am
A dollar a day wage kept us alive
C
So we headed west bound, we came of age
G Am
Fortunes to be found, and we stake our claim
[Chorus]
G F C
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
C F C G C
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
C F C G C
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long
[Verse]
C
So we found us a boom town, to work in the cracks
G Am
We’re thanking the Lord now, for the strength in our backs
C
With pick ax and powder, a quick prayer to God
G Am
A candle an hour, for each one on the job
C
We learned fast a man’s measured, by the weight of his ore
G Am
Found the woman you treasure, could love nothing more
C
The summer of eighteen blessed us with a child
G Am
A past ever changing, with pressure in time
[Chorus]
G F C
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
C F C G C
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
C F C G C
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long
F C G
Shine on, shine On These ten candle days shine on
Am G C G
Shine on, shine On When the lights come down low
C
We'll be coming home
[Verse]
C
My brothers are gone now, black soot for ash
G Am
I guess what you take out, you gotta give back
C
Lonely prospector, the last of my kind
G Am
Sole protector of this silver mine
[Chorus]
G F C
Singing ah, ale-ale-alah
C F C G C
And when I die, won't you lay me on down by Rowing fork river near the old aspen grove
C F C G C
Spend our days searching these mountains for silver ten candle days will be gone fore too long
F C G
Shine on, shine On These ten candle days shine on
Am G C G
Shine on, shine On When the lights come down low
F C
We'll be coming home...