...BLOOD ON THE COAL... by The Folksmen
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*from 'A Mighty Wind Original Soundtrack' (2003)*


Intro:

Dm

Verse 1:

       Dm
It was April 27,
       C          C/B
In the year of 91,
       Am
Bout a mile below the surface,
        Dm
And the warm kentucky sun.

    Dm
The late shift was ending,
        C                    C/B
And the early shift was late,
    Am
The foreman ate his dinner,
       Dm
From a dirty tin plate.

Chorus 1:

Dm
 Blood on the tracks,
C                  C/B
 Blood in the mine,
Am
 Brothers and sisters,
       Dm
What a terrible time.
            C                 C/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,
       Am
Now in mine number 60,
        Dm
There's blood on the coal,
Blood on the coal,
             C    C/B  Am
Blood on the coal.

Verse 2:

    Dm
The slag pits were steamin',
       C     C/B
It was 7:25,
      Am
Every miner worked the coal face,
      Dm
Every one of them alive.

    Dm
The train came round the corner,
          C                     C/B
You could hear the tressel groan,
        Am
But the switcher wasn't listnin',
      Dm
So he left the switch alone!

Chorus 2:

Dm
 Blood on the tracks,
C                  C/B
 Blood in the mine,
Am
 Brothers and sisters,
       Dm
What a terrible time.
            C                 C/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,
       Am
Now in mine number 60,
        Dm
There's blood on the coal,
Blood on the coal,
             C    C/B  Am
Blood on the coal.

Verse 3:

         Dm
Well the walls began to tremble,
                     C    C/B
And the men began to yell,
           Am
They could hear that lonesome whistle,
        Dm
Like an echo out of...well.

     Dm
They dropped their picks and shovels,
      C                   C/B
As to safety they did run,
       Am
For to stay among the living,
       Dm
In the year of ninety-one.

Chorus 3:

Dm
 Blood on the tracks,
C                  C/B
 Blood in the mine, 
Am
 Brothers and sisters,
       Dm
What a terrible time.
            C                 C/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,
       Am
Now in mine number 60,
        Dm
There's blood on the coal,
Blood on the coal,
             C    C/B  Am
Blood on the coal.

Verse 4:

   Dm
An Irishman named Murphy,
           C                     C/B
Said "I'll stop that iron horse!"
       Am
And he stood to athwart it's passage,
       Dm
And it crushed him dead of course.

      Dm
And I hope he hears the irony,
     C                      C/B
When e're this tale is told,
    Am
The train that took his life,
            Dm
Was burning good Kentucky coal.
(Hey!)

Chorus 4:

Dm
 Blood on the tracks,
C                  C/B
 Blood in the mine,
Am
 Brothers and sisters,
       Dm
What a terrible time.
            C                 C/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,
       Am
Now in mine number 60,
        Dm
There's blood on the coal,
Blood on the coal,
             C    C/B  Am
Blood on the coal.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Dm      C       C/B     Am

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0231  x32010  x20010  x02210


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)