Chords for "Coal Tattoo" by Billy Edd Wheeler

_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Traveling [D] down that [F#m] coal town road, listen [E] to my rubber [F#m] tires whine.
_ Goodbye to [D] Buckeye and [F#m] White Sycamore, [A] I'm [E] leaving you [F#m] behind.
_ [A] _ I've been a coal [E] man [A] all my life, laying [E] down [D] track in the [E] hole.
[A] Got a back like an [D] iron wood bent [A] by the wind, [E] blood veins blue [F#m] as a coal.
_ [Bm] Blood [E] veins blue [F#m] as a coal. _ _ _ _
Somebody said [D] that's a [A] strange tattoo you have [E] on the side [F#m] of your head.
_ I said that's the blueprint [D] left by [F#m] the coal, just a little more and I'd be dead.
_ [A] But I love the rumble [E] and [A] I love the dark, I love [E] the cool [D] of the slate.
[E] But [A] it's on down the new [D] road looking [A] for a job, this traveling [E] and looking [F#m] I _ hate. _
_ _ I've stood for the union, walked in the line, [A] fought against [E] the [F#m] company.
_ _ Stood for the U [D].M.W [A].R.V. now who's going [E] to stand [F#m] for me?
_ [A] I've got no house [E] and I've got [A] no pay, just [E] got a [D] worried [E] soul.
[A] And this blue tattoo [D] on the side [A] of my head, left [E] by the number [F#m] nine coal.
_ _ [A] Left [C#m] by the number nine coal.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
Someday when [D] I die [F#m] and go to heaven, [E] the land [F#m] of my dreams.
I won't have to worry [D] on losing [F#m] my job to bad [E] times or big [F#m] _ machines.
[A] I'm not going to pay [E] my money [A] away for [E] dues or [D] hospital [E] plans.
_ [A]
I'm going to pick [D] coal while the blue [A] heavens roll and sing with [E] the [F#m] angel band. _
_ _ _ [A] I'm not going to pay my money away for dues or [D] hospital [A] plans.
_ I'm going to pick coal [D] while the blue heavens [A] roll and sing with [E] the [F#] angel band. _ _ _ _ _
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