This is Chuck Ragan's 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 Dicken's version, a personal favourite of Chuck's. On Capo 5.
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Intro (x2): Am, C, Am, C,
AmC, (x02210@1)G, Am (x02210@1)Verse 1:
Am (x02210@1) C/G (3x555x@1) AmTravelin' (x02210@1)down that coal town road.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmListenin' (x02210@1)to my rubber tires whine.
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) AmGoodbye (x02210@1)to Buckeye and white Sycamore.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmI'm (x02210@1)leavin' you behind.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CI've (x32010@1)been coal miner all of my life.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CLayin' (x32010@1)down track in the hole.
F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) GGotta (320003@1)back like an ironwood, bit by the wind.
Am (x02210@1) C/G (3x555x@1) AmBlood (x02210@1)veins blue as the coal.
F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) AmBlood (x02210@1)veins blue as the coal.
Verse 2:
Am (x02210@1) C/GSomebody (3x555x@1)said,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am"That's (x02210@1)a strange tattoo you have on the side of your head."
AmI (x02210@1)said,
C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)
"That's the blueprint left by the coal.
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C/G (3x555x@1) AmA (x02210@1)little more and I'd been dead.
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWell, (x32010@1)I love the rumble and I love the dark.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)I love the cool of the shade,
C/G (3x555x@1) Am (x02210@1) C/GAnd (3x555x@1)it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmThis (x02210@1)travelin' nook in my head. (Sometimes x2)
Interlude: Intro Chords
Verse 3:
Am (x02210@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Am (x02210@1)I stood for the union and walked in the line
C/G (3x555x@1) Am (x02210@1)And fought against the company.
Am (x02210@1) C/G (3x555x@1) AmI (x02210@1)stood for the U. M. W. of A.
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) AmNow, (x02210@1)who's gonna stand by me?
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GI've (320003@1)got no house and I got no job,
G (320003@1) C/G (3x555x@1) GJust (320003@1)got a worried soul
F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)a blue tattoo on the side of my head
F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) AmLeft (x02210@1)by the number nine coal.
F (133211@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Am (x02210@1)Left by the number nine coal.
Verse 4:
Am (x02210@1) C/G (3x555x@1) AmSome (x02210@1)day when I'm dead and gone
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) AmTo (x02210@1)heaven, the land of my dreams.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) AmI (x02210@1)won't have to worry on losin' my job,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmOn (x02210@1)bad times and big machines.
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)ain't gonna pay my money away
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GOn (320003@1)dues or hospital plans.
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) CI'm (x32010@1)gonna cut coal where the blue heavens roll
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)sing with the angel band.
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)sing with the angel band.
Outro:
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)sing with the angel band.
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)sing with the angel band.
