Tom: Am
E|-----0-0----------|
B|-----1-1----------|
G|-----2-2----------|
D|-----2-2----------|
A|--0--0-0---3------|
E|--------------2---| x4
Am
[VERSE]
Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G
All my life I've been digging Polish black coal
Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G
It wasn't much but you know I could play that role
Am Am/G D7/F# Dm E7
They laid me off and so I kept my pail
Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G E7
And now I wade in bushes down by the rail
[CHORUS]
Am F E7 D7
Raider man, got no choice about it
Am F E7 D7
Raider man, jumpin' up there on it
Am F E7 D7 Am E7
Raider man, gonna' take a little bit now
[VERSE]
Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G
They hired me back and traded my pail for a stick
Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G E7
And now I chase the ones with a pail and a brick
PA Y CHORUS 1x
D PEAT INTRO
[G O] - like verse 1
Am D7/F# G (x4)
Am Am/G D7/F#
Dm Dm/C E7
Am D7/F# G (x2) E7
[CHORUS]
-D PEAT CHORUS-
[VERSE]
Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G
I chased my cousin, it wasn't no big deal
Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G
I lost my legs when I slipped beneath the coal train wheel
Am Am/G D7/F# Dm Dm/C E7
My cousin tries to put something in my bowl
Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G E7
And now I wish I never left that darkened hole
