Cadd9
He packs his bucket on Monday morning
                                G
another long week down at the mines

                                   D
and he ain't ready to go back to work

              G         
but he's on the companies time
                                 Cadd9
 he don't do it for the greed or pleasure
                              G
and he ain't chasing no pot of gold
                         D
he's in a whole in west Virginia
                                      G        
because he's got to little baby's at home

        chorus
(stop)          Cadd9
It's amazing what we'll do
         G                      D
just to provide a home for our children
            G
and try to give them a better life
                    Cadd9                             Em
He ain't never been perfect but he's perfect in there eyes
                                D
he's covered in coal in West Virginia
                        G         
With his baby's on his mind

     (Solo)

                        Cadd9
Come's home tired every day
                             G
Covered in sweat,tattoos,and scars
                          D                                   G
But somehow he finds the energy to romp and play out in the yard
(stop)                   Cadd9
dodge ball,leap frog,and tag your it
                                     G
loves the smiles the laughs and those giggle fits
                             D
come tonight he'll tuck them into bed
                                       G
get up in the morning and start it all over again

        Repeat chorus
                               Cadd9
Like his daddy and his daddy before him
                              G
He's doing all he has ever known
                      D
came back from the service
                                 G
got a hat and a light and went straight under ground
                                  Cadd9
each shift he works he ain't but six inches from hell
                                   G 
He seen a lot of good men give it all

                                 D
and he draws his pay on Friday morning
                                     G         
he might stumble but he ain't gonna fall

 

                  Cadd9   
 It's amazing what we'll do
          G                        D  
just to provide a home for our children
                G
and try to give them a better life
                                   Cadd9              Em
He ain't never been perfect but he's perfect in there eyes
                                D
he's covered in coal in West Virginia
                        G
With his baby's on his mind

                             D
he's covered in coal in West Virginia
                     G
and the sun is on the rise