Dark As A Dungeon - Johnny Cash [Verse 1] Oh come [G]all you young fellers, so [C]young and so[D7] fine, [G]seek not your fortune in the [C]dark dreary[G] mine [Verse 2] It'll [G]form as a habit and [C]seep in your[D7] soul, till the [G]stream of you blood runs as [C]black as the [G]coal |[Chorus 1] |[D7]Where it's dark as a dungeon, |[C]damp as a [G]dew. |[D7]Danger is double, |[C]pleasures are [G]few, |where the rain never [G7]falls, |the [C]sun never [D7]shines, |it's [G]dark as a dungeon |way [C]down in the [G]mine [Verse 3] Like a [G]man with his dope, like a [C]drunkard with his [D7]wine, a [G]man will have lust for the [C]lure of the [G]mine [Verse 4] And I'll [G]pray when I'm dead, and my [C]ages shall [D7]roll, that my [G]body would blacken and [C]turn into [G]coal [Verse 5] And I'd [G]look from the door of my [C]heavenly [D7]home and [G]pity the miner [C]diggin my [G]bones |[Chorus 2] |[D7]Where it's dark as a dungeon, |[C]damp as a [G]dew. |[D7]Danger is double, |[C]pleasures are [G]few, |where the rain never [G7]falls, |the [C]sun never [D7]shines, |it's [G]dark as a dungeon |way [C]down in the [G]mine