Coal Tattoo - Chuck Ragan Chords
Chords: Am,, C,, Am, G,, C/G, C, G, F
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Genre: folk, punk, rock
This is Chuck Ragans cover of Coal Tattoo' originally done by Billy Ed
Wheeler
and covered by numerous artists through the years. This version however is
mainly
based on Hazel Dickens version, a personal favourite of Chucks. On Capo 5.
This is the second upload because the spacing on the first one messed up.
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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.
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