Down Under Mining Chords
by Dear Reader
Down Under Mining by Dear Reader is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords Em, G, Am, D, C and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em G Am G D
Em G
David, I never expected to see you
Am G D
Face black with soot down and a fire in your eyes
Em G
David, I never intended to grieve you
Am
Meant to disgrace you
G Am Em
Your face black with soot and your eyes
Em G Am G D
Em G
Mother, my brother is dead in the gutter
Am G D
Dead in the gutter, oh my baby brother
Em G
Mother, my father is down in the ground
Am G Am Em
Down under, mining, fetching the white man his gold
G
Down under, mining
Am
Down under, mining
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
G
Down under, mining
Am
Down under, mining
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
G
Oh Town of Johannes
Am
Your spell is upon us,
Em
Your spell and your lust
C G
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Am
But they from near and far come
A7 C
I don’t know what they’re looking for
G D C G
I don’t know what they’re looking for
G Am Em
Fetching the white man his gold
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below
Em
Down under, mining
G
Down under, mining
Am G C Em
The dust chokes above and it chokes down below