Some blues are just blues mine are the miner's blues

Some blues are just blues mine are the miner's blues

My troubles are comin' by three's and by two's

Blues and more blues it's the cold black blue

Blues and more blues it's the cold black blue

Got hole in my hat got hole in my shoes

[ fiddle ]

These blues are so blue they are the coal black blues

These blues are so blue they are the coal black blues

From the place we came in and my life I will lose

You say they are blues these are a miner's blues

You say they are blues these are a miner's blues

I must have sharped this big set I use

[ dobro ]

I'm out with these blues dirty coal black blues

I'm out with these blues dirty coal black blues

We'll lay off tomorrow with the coal black blues