| C | F | C | |
| Well this | job I've got is just a | little too | hard |
| C | G | |
| Running out of money, Lord, I need more to | pay, |
| C | F | |
| Gonna | wake up in the morning Lord, gonna | pack my bags, |
| C | A | D | G | C | F | C | |
| I'm gonna | beat | it on | down | the line. |
| C | F | C | |
| I'm goin' down the | line (goin' down the | line) |
| G | C | |
| Goin' down the | line (goin' down the line) |
| F | C | A | |
| Goin' down the | line (goin' down the | line) |
| D | G | C | F | C | |
| Beat it on | down the line. |
| Yes and I'll be waiting at the station, Lord, |
| When that train pulls on by, |
| I'm goin' back where I belong. |
| I'm goin' north to that same old used to be, |
| Down in Joe Brown's coal mine. |
| Coal mine (coal mine) |
| Coal mine (coal mine) |
| Coal mine (coal mine) |
| Down in Joe Brown's coal mine. |
| Yeah, I'm goin' back to that shack way across the railroad track |
| That's where I think I belong. |
| I got a sweet woman, Lord, she's waiting there for me |
| That's where I'm gonna make my happy home. |
| Happy home (happy home) |
| Happy home (happy home) |
| Happy home (happy home) |
| That's where I'm gonna make my happy home. |