DURBAN DEEP Year : 1989 Album : Sleeping With The Past Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin Intro: Am / / / Am/E /G /F Am F / / / F/D /E /F /G {play twice} Am F I won't see you `till Christmas. I breathe coal dust, I get blisters. G But the foreman he don't worry. He say 'work boy there's no hurry'. Em /G Am Em /B Am Don't that big red sun look a lot like fire - F Asus E7 when you come out of the ground after forty eight hours? C G/B Am G F C G/B Am G Going down, down, down, down, down. Going down in Durban deep. C G/B Am G F C G/B Am G Going down, down, down, down, down. There's no mer - cy in my sleep. /A /B C F Am G/B F I just hear the drill and hammer - feel the killing heat. /G C G/B Am G F E Am {replay intro} Going two miles down to the heart - of Durban deep. Am F I was born on amen corner. I pound rock face, I get lonely. G But my family they go hungry - still the boss man he call us lazy. Em /G Am Em /B Am Don't the old blue heaven look a lot like your eyes - F Asus E7 when you're blinded by the brightness of the Transvaal sky? {Repeat Chorus, then Repeat & Fade Intro} Chorded by David Bisese