Coal Tattoo - Billy Edd Wheeler Chords
Chords: Em, G, D, Bm, Am, C, E
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Genre: folk, country, bluegrass
[Intro]
Em G D Bm Am G Am Em D Em
[Verse 1]
Em C Em
Travelin' down that coal town road
G D Em
Listenin' to my rubber tires whine
Em C Em
Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore
G D Em
I'm leavin' you behind
G D G
I've been a coal miner all of my life
G D C D
Layin' down track in the ho-ole
G C G
Got a back like an ironwood, bent by the wind
G D Em
Blood veins blue as the coal
C D Em
Blood veins blue as the coal
[Verse 2]
Em C Em
Somebody said, "That's a strange tattoo
G D Em
you have on the side of your head"
Em C Em
I said, "That's the blueprint left by the coal
G D Em
Just a little more and I'd be dead"
G D G
But I love the rumble and I love the dark
G D C D
I love the cool of the sla-ate
G C G
But it's goin' down the new road, lookin' for a job
G D Em
This travelin' and lookin' I hate
[Verse 3]
Em C Em
I've stood for the union, walked in the line
G D Em
Fought against the company
Em C Em
Stood for the U.M.W. of A.
G D Em
Now, who's gonna stand for me?
G D G
I've got no house and I got no pay
G D C D
Just got a worried so-oul
G C G
And this blue tattoo on the side of my head
G D Em
Left by the number nine coal
C D Em
Left by the number nine coal
[Verse 4]
Em C Em
Someday when I die and go
G D Em
To heaven, the land of my dreams
Em C Em
I won't have to worry on losin' my job
G D Em
To bad times or big machines
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