[INTRO]

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   Am (x02210@1)[VERSE]

Am (x02210@1)D7/F# (200212@1)G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)         D7/F# (200212@1) G (320003@1)   All my life I've been digging Polish black coal
Am (x02210@1) D7/F# (200212@1)G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)         D7/F# (200212@1)   G (320003@1) It wasn't much but you know I could play that role
Am (x02210@1)   Am/G (302210@1)  D7/F# (200212@1) Dm (xx0231@1)         E7 (020130@1) They laid me off and so I kept my pail
Am (x02210@1) D7/F# (200212@1)G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)       D7/F# (200212@1)      G (320003@1)E7 (020130@1)  And now I wade in bushes down by the rail

[CHORUS]

Am (x02210@1)name="chord_133211@1">F         E7 (020130@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)       Raider man, got no choice about it
     Am (x02210@1)name="chord_133211@1">F         E7 (020130@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)       Raider man, jumpin' up there on it
     Am (x02210@1)name="chord_133211@1">F         E7 (020130@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)              Am (x02210@1)  E7 (020130@1)       Raider man, gonna' take a little bit now

[VERSE]
Am (x02210@1)    D7/F# (200212@1)  G (320003@1)            Am (x02210@1)     D7/F# (200212@1) G (320003@1)  They hired me back and traded my pail for a stick
Am (x02210@1)  D7/F# (200212@1) G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)        D7/F# (200212@1)     G (320003@1)  E7 (020130@1) And now I chase the ones with a pail and a brick

PLAY CHORUS 1x

REPEAT INTRO

[SOLO] - like verse 1
  
     Am (x02210@1) D7/F# (200212@1) G (320003@1) (x4)

Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1)  D7/F# (200212@1) 
     Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/C (030231@1)  E7 (020130@1)Am (x02210@1) D7/F# (200212@1) G (320003@1) (x2)   E7 (020130@1)[CHORUS]

-REPEAT CHORUS-

[VERSE]
Am (x02210@1) D7/F# (200212@1)   G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)        D7/F# (200212@1)G (320003@1)  I chased my cousin, it wasn't no big deal
Am (x02210@1) D7/F# (200212@1)G (320003@1)          Am (x02210@1)               D7/F# (200212@1)    G (320003@1) I lost my legs when I slipped beneath the coal train wheel
Am (x02210@1) Am/G (302210@1) D7/F# (200212@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)     Dm/C (030231@1) E7 (020130@1) My cousin tries to put something in my bowl
Am (x02210@1)  D7/F# (200212@1)G (320003@1)         Am (x02210@1)         D7/F# (200212@1)   G (320003@1) E7 (020130@1) And now I wish I never left that darkened hole

[CHORUS]

-REPEAT CHORUS-

[INTRO]
 
  play 3x, then end on Am