West Virginia Coal

INTRO:
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VERSE:
D Em                            
 Daddy worked the coal mines until 
G
the day he died
     D                          
And every day he would make what 
  C
troubled momma's mind
 Em                      G
Numbers were rising the shafts were 
falling in
    D                              
We prayed to God that we would see 
    C         C
my daddy again

 Em                           G
Winter came to Krueger's and shut 
down for repair
           D                       
While the suit and ties that owned 
             C
us wouldn't stop the mine affairs
      Em                           
They promised the return of all the
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 work the best they could
      D                          
On a foggy mountain morning daddy 
  C                   C
went to work for good


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CHORUS:
            D                      
Place your hands in black dust was 
        Em
all he knew
       C                    G     
As he shoveled scraped the coal he
                                 G
 made and the paycheck he was due
   C              D         G    
A dollar for the company a penny 
         Em
for his time
       C                D         
As he worked his life away down in
      Em
 the mines


INSTRUMENTAL:
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Em  G  D  C  C


VERSE:
 Em                              G
Covered in his coat of coal his skin
 black as night
       D                      C
Not enough air to breathe a struggle
 for his life
           Em                      
It's been seven lonely years since 
       G
we've heard that whistle blow
         D                         
Waiting for my pa to dig out all of
  C                C
 West Virginia coal

     Em                         
The people of the town all moved 
   G
away to better things
     D                           
But momma kept our family here to 
  C
chase for daddy's dream
 Em                                
Now we stand around his grave with 
 G
just an empty hope
      D                            
Just like the miner buried here in 
       C                C
these West Virginia coal


CHORUS:
            D                      
Place your hands in black dust was 
        Em
all he knew
       C                    G     
As he shoveled scraped the coal he
                                 G
 made and the paycheck he was due
       C              D         G
And a dollar for the company a 
             Em
penny for his time
       C                D         
As he worked his life away down in
      Em
 the mines


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