Tom: Am
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Intro (x2): Am, C, Am, C,
Am C, G, Am
Verse 1:
Am C/G Am
Travelin down that coal town road.
C G Am
Listenin to my rubber tires whine.
Am F Am
Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore.
C G Am
I'm leavin' you behind.
G C G C G C
I've been coal miner all of my life.
G C G C G C
Layin' down track in the hole.
F Am G
Gotta back like an ironwood, bit by the wind.
Am C/G Am
Blood veins blue as the coal.
F C/G Am
Blood veins blue as the coal.
Verse 2:
Am C/G
Somebody said,
Am C G Am
"That's a strange tattoo you have on the side of your head."
Am
I said,
C Am
"That's the blueprint left by the coal.
Am G C/G Am
A little more and I'd been dead.
Am G C G C
Well, I love the rumble and I love the dark.
G C G C
I love the cool of the shade,
C/G Am C/G
And it's on down the new road, lookin for a job.
C G Am
This travelin nook in my head. (Sometimes x2)
Interlude: Intro Chords
Verse 3:
Am C/G Am
I stood for the union and walked in the line
C/G Am
And fought against the company.
Am C/G Am
I stood for the U. M. W. of A.
F C Am
Now, whos gonna stand by me?
C G C G
I've got no house and I got no job,
G C/G G
Just got a worried soul
F C/G Am
And a blue tattoo on the side of my head
F C/G Am
Left by the number nine coal.
F C/G Am
Left by the number nine coal.
Verse 4:
Am C/G Am
Some day when I'm dead and gone
G C Am
To heaven, the land of my dreams.
Am C Am
I wont have to worry on losin my job,
C G Am
On bad times and big machines.
C G Am
I ain't gonna pay my money away
G C G
On dues or hospital plans.
C Am C
I'm gonna cut coal where the blue heavens roll
F G Am
And sing with the angel band.
F G Am
And sing with the angel band.
Outro:
F G Am
And sing with the angel band.
F G Am
And sing with the angel band.
