Tom: C
[Intro] C G E Am
Am C G Am
Oh coal river won't you wash my bones away
Am C E
I'm slaving for the company and I can't get any pay
Am C G Am
Well mining coal ain't a way to make a life
Am C E
And I can't feed the hunger of three kids and a wife
Am C G Am
Well now the haulers are empty and the company's left town
Am C G Am
And there ain't no more mountains for coal river to bend around
( C G E Am )
Am C G Am
Well the curses in these mountains have taken many of our kind
Am C E
And the souls dance upon the sands where that old river winds
Am C G Am
Oh Lord won't you take me before that mountain does
Am C G Am
A life in these hills ain't what I thought it was
( C G E Am )
Am C G Am
Coal river cuts the land of where I'll rest my soal
Am C E
And through these barren mountains my story will be told
Am C G Am
I'm headed for a pine box, my mining days are through
Am C G Am
Boy don't trust these mountains for the curse they'll put on you
Am C G Am
Oh coal river won't you wash my bones away
Am C E
I'm slaving for the company and I can't get any pay
Am C G Am
Well mining coal ain't a way to make a life
Am C E
And I can't feed the hunger of three kids and a wife
Am C G Am
Well now the haulers are empty and the company's left town
Am C G Am
And there ain't no more mountains for coal river to bend around
Am C G Am
No there ain't no more mountains for coal river to bend around
