Cadd9He (x32030@1)packs his bucket on Monday morning
                                Ganother (320003@1)long week down at the mines

Dand (xx0232@1)he ain't ready to go back to work

G (320003@1)       
but he's on the companies time
                                 Cadd9 (x32030@1)he don't do it for the greed or pleasure
                              Gand (320003@1)he ain't chasing no pot of gold
                         Dhe's (xx0232@1)in a whole in west Virginia
                                      G (320003@1)      
because he's got to little baby's at home

chorus
(stop)          Cadd9It's (x32030@1)amazing what we'll do
         G (320003@1)                    Djust (xx0232@1)to provide a home for our children
            Gand (320003@1)try to give them a better life
                    Cadd9 (x32030@1)                           EmHe (022000@1)ain't never been perfect but he's perfect in there eyes
                                Dhe's (xx0232@1)covered in coal in West Virginia
                        G (320003@1)       
With his baby's on his mind

(Solo)

Cadd9
Come's home tired every day
                             GCovered (320003@1)in sweat,tattoos,and scars
                          D (xx0232@1)                                 GBut (320003@1)somehow he finds the energy to romp and play out in the yard
(stop)                   Cadd9dodge (x32030@1)ball,leap frog,and tag your it
                                     Gloves (320003@1)the smiles the laughs and those giggle fits
                             Dcome (xx0232@1)tonight he'll tuck them into bed
                                       Gget (320003@1)up in the morning and start it all over again

Repeat chorus
                               Cadd9Like (x32030@1)his daddy and his daddy before him
                              GHe's (320003@1)doing all he has ever known
                      Dcame (xx0232@1)back from the service
                                 Ggot (320003@1)a hat and a light and went straight under ground
                                  Cadd9each (x32030@1)shift he works he ain't but six inches from hell
                                   G (320003@1)He seen a lot of good men give it all

Dand (xx0232@1)he draws his pay on Friday morning
                                     G (320003@1)       
he might stumble but he ain't gonna fall



Cadd9   
 It's amazing what we'll do
          G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)
just to provide a home for our children
                Gand (320003@1)try to give them a better life
                                   Cadd9 (x32030@1)            EmHe (022000@1)ain't never been perfect but he's perfect in there eyes
                                Dhe's (xx0232@1)covered in coal in West Virginia
                        GWith (320003@1)his baby's on his mind

Dhe's (xx0232@1)covered in coal in West Virginia
                     Gand (320003@1)the sun is on the rise