Coal Tattoo

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Intro (x2): Am, C, Am, C,
                  Am C, G, Am

Verse 1:
Am      C/G               Am
Travelin down that coal town road.
C          G                 Am
Listenin to my rubber tires whine.
Am       F                 Am
Goodbye to Buckeye and white 
Sycamore.
C           G               Am
I'm leavin' you behind.
G      C     G        C       
I've been coal miner all of my
G      C
 life.
G      C     G        C    G      C
Layin' down track in the hole.
F         Am                     
Gotta back like an ironwood, bit 
        G
by the wind.
Am       C/G          Am
Blood veins blue as the coal.
F           C/G          Am
Blood veins blue as the coal.


Verse 2:
Am               C/G
Somebody said,
                   Am             
"That's a strange tattoo you have 
C       G              Am
on the side of your head."
Am
I said,
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       C                       Am
"That's the blueprint left by the 
coal.
Am        G            C/G        Am
A little more and I'd been dead.
Am     G       C      G        
Well, I love the rumble and I 
        C
love the dark.
G     C      G          C
I love the cool of the shade,
 C/G               Am        
And it's on down the new road, 
                C/G
lookin for a job.
  C                    G     
This travelin nook in my head. 
             Am
(Sometimes x2)


Interlude: Intro Chords


Verse 3:
Am                  C/G           
I stood for the union and walked 
 Am
in the line
C/G                 Am
And fought against the company.
Am       C/G                Am
I stood for the U. M. W. of A.
F           C             Am
Now, whos gonna stand by me?
C                  G              
I've got no house and I got no 
C       G
job,
G         C/G             G
Just got a worried soul
F          C/G           Am
And a blue tattoo on the side of my 
head
F          C/G            Am
Left by the number nine coal.
F          C/G            Am
Left by the number nine coal.


Verse 4:
Am              C/G            Am
Some day when I'm dead and gone
G                   C            
To heaven, the land of my dreams.
   Am

Am               C               
I wont have to worry on losin my 
Am
job,
    C                    G        
On bad times and big machines.
  Am

C                  G             
I ain't gonna pay my money away
   Am

G                 C              G
On dues or hospital plans.
C                Am              
I'm gonna cut coal where the blue
            C
 heavens roll
F              G           Am
And sing with the angel band.
F               G           Am
And sing with the angel band.


Outro:
F               G           Am
And sing with the angel band.
F               G           Am
And sing with the angel band.