Chords for "Come All Ye Coal Miners" — Abigail Washburn at GMW 2016

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Come on, you coal miners, _ _ wherever you may be _
[Fm] And listen to a story _ [Ebm] that I'll relate to [C] thee
_ My name is nothing extreme, _ _ but the truth to you I'll tell
_ _ [Fm] I am a coal miner's _ wife, I'm sure I wish you well
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_ _ _ _ _ Coal mining is the most dangerous work in our land today
_ _ _ With _ plenty of dirty slaving work and very [G] little pay
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_ Coal miner, won't you stand up and [D] open your eyes and see
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_ What the dirty capitalist system is doing to you and me
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_ _ _ _ _ _ They'll take our very _ lifeblood, _ they'll take our children's lives _
_ Take [Bb] fathers away [C] from children _ and husbands away [Cm] from wives
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Coal miner, won't you organize _ wherever you may be
_ _ _ _ [Cm] It's a land of freedom _ _ for [Bb] workers like [C] _ you _
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Yeah, you're a miner, they will slave you, if they can't work no more
_ _ And what do you get for living _ _ at the company [Cm] store?
_ _ A [C] tumble-down shack to live in, snow and rain pours in the town
_ _ You have to pay [Cm] the company rent, and [C] your pain, it never _
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I _ _ _ _ _ _ am a coal miner's wife, _ I'm sure I wish you [Eb] well _
_ Let's _ [Cm] sink this capitalist system in the darkest _ [Bb] pits of [Cm] _ _ hell
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_ _ _ _ _ Thank you
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