Chords for Coal keeps the lights on
Tempo:
64.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
C#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m] [A]
He [E] pulls in that [D] old Chevy from a second shift.
[A] Mama's still sleeping, [E] kids still [D] crashed out on the couch.
[A] He goes [E] in through [A] the back [D] door.
He don't want to wake them up, [A] so he wipes the [E] coal dust off his [D] face.
And he hits his knees.
He says, Lord, I want to thank you for [E] everything.
[D] And the strength you give me, I take care of day [E] by day.
Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[E] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the [A] spoon in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a [E] truck and sundresses [D] on my baby girl.
[E] [A] Coal keeps the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the [D] backs and shoes on the [A] feet.
In high school halls of the Mount Alliance and the [E] Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, [E]
[A] hate [E] went one dang [D] crazy in Washington.
[E]
[A] Talkin' about closing the mines, it's gonna [E] bleed us all dry [D] from the inside out.
[A] They [E] don't care that much [D] about the little man, or the cow's tans.
[A] It's a way of life [E] around here, [A] just [D] like it's always been.
[E] [B] Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[Em] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the [A] spoon in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a [E] truck and sundresses [D] on my baby girl.
[E] Coal [A] keeps the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the backs [D] and shoes on the feet.
[A] In high school halls of the Mount Alliance [E] and the Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, [E] [D] if I get a [E] chance to stand one [A] day,
[G#m] name the [F#m] things to [E] me [D] that I'm most proud of.
Well, [E] I hope one day I can say,
Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[E] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the spoon [A] in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a truck [E] and sundresses on [D] my baby girl.
[E] Coal keeps [A] the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the backs and [D] shoes on the feet.
In [A] high school halls of the Mount Alliance [E] and the Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, [E] I hope I can say the coal kept [A] the lights [C#m] on.
[E] [F#] [D] Oh, oh.
[E] [C#m] [B] [A]
He [E] pulls in that [D] old Chevy from a second shift.
[A] Mama's still sleeping, [E] kids still [D] crashed out on the couch.
[A] He goes [E] in through [A] the back [D] door.
He don't want to wake them up, [A] so he wipes the [E] coal dust off his [D] face.
And he hits his knees.
He says, Lord, I want to thank you for [E] everything.
[D] And the strength you give me, I take care of day [E] by day.
Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[E] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the [A] spoon in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a [E] truck and sundresses [D] on my baby girl.
[E] [A] Coal keeps the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the [D] backs and shoes on the [A] feet.
In high school halls of the Mount Alliance and the [E] Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, [E]
[A] hate [E] went one dang [D] crazy in Washington.
[E]
[A] Talkin' about closing the mines, it's gonna [E] bleed us all dry [D] from the inside out.
[A] They [E] don't care that much [D] about the little man, or the cow's tans.
[A] It's a way of life [E] around here, [A] just [D] like it's always been.
[E] [B] Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[Em] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the [A] spoon in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a [E] truck and sundresses [D] on my baby girl.
[E] Coal [A] keeps the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the backs [D] and shoes on the feet.
[A] In high school halls of the Mount Alliance [E] and the Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, [E] [D] if I get a [E] chance to stand one [A] day,
[G#m] name the [F#m] things to [E] me [D] that I'm most proud of.
Well, [E] I hope one day I can say,
Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[E] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the spoon [A] in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a truck [E] and sundresses on [D] my baby girl.
[E] Coal keeps [A] the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the backs and [D] shoes on the feet.
In [A] high school halls of the Mount Alliance [E] and the Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, [E] I hope I can say the coal kept [A] the lights [C#m] on.
[E] [F#] [D] Oh, oh.
[E] [C#m] [B] [A]
Key:
E
A
D
C#m
B
E
A
D
[C#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
He [E] pulls in that [D] old Chevy from a second shift.
[A] Mama's still sleeping, [E] kids still [D] crashed out on the couch. _
_ [A] _ He goes [E] in through [A] the back [D] door.
He don't want to wake them up, [A] so he wipes the [E] coal dust off his [D] face.
And he hits his knees.
He says, Lord, I want to thank you for [E] everything.
_ _ [D] And the strength you give me, I take care of day [E] by day.
Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[E] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the [A] spoon in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a [E] truck and sundresses [D] on my baby girl.
[E] _ [A] Coal keeps the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the [D] backs and shoes on the [A] feet.
In high school halls of the Mount Alliance and the [E] Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] hate [E] went one dang [D] crazy in Washington.
[E] _
[A] Talkin' about closing the mines, it's gonna [E] bleed us all dry [D] from the inside out.
_ [A] They [E] don't care that much [D] about the little man, or the cow's tans.
[A] It's a way of life [E] around here, [A] just [D] like it's always been.
[E] [B] Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[Em] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the [A] spoon in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a [E] truck and sundresses [D] on my baby girl.
[E] Coal [A] keeps the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the backs [D] and shoes on the feet.
[A] In high school halls of the Mount Alliance [E] and the Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] if I get a [E] chance to stand one [A] day,
[G#m] name the [F#m] things to [E] me [D] that I'm most proud of.
Well, [E] I hope one day I can say, _
Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[E] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the spoon [A] in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a truck [E] and sundresses on [D] my baby girl.
[E] Coal keeps [A] the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the backs and [D] shoes on the feet.
In [A] high school halls of the Mount Alliance [E] and the Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, _ _ [E] I hope I can say the coal kept [A] the lights [C#m] on.
[E] _ [F#] [D] Oh, oh.
_ [E] _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [A] _
He [E] pulls in that [D] old Chevy from a second shift.
[A] Mama's still sleeping, [E] kids still [D] crashed out on the couch. _
_ [A] _ He goes [E] in through [A] the back [D] door.
He don't want to wake them up, [A] so he wipes the [E] coal dust off his [D] face.
And he hits his knees.
He says, Lord, I want to thank you for [E] everything.
_ _ [D] And the strength you give me, I take care of day [E] by day.
Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[E] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the [A] spoon in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a [E] truck and sundresses [D] on my baby girl.
[E] _ [A] Coal keeps the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the [D] backs and shoes on the [A] feet.
In high school halls of the Mount Alliance and the [E] Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] hate [E] went one dang [D] crazy in Washington.
[E] _
[A] Talkin' about closing the mines, it's gonna [E] bleed us all dry [D] from the inside out.
_ [A] They [E] don't care that much [D] about the little man, or the cow's tans.
[A] It's a way of life [E] around here, [A] just [D] like it's always been.
[E] [B] Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[Em] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the [A] spoon in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a [E] truck and sundresses [D] on my baby girl.
[E] Coal [A] keeps the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the backs [D] and shoes on the feet.
[A] In high school halls of the Mount Alliance [E] and the Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] if I get a [E] chance to stand one [A] day,
[G#m] name the [F#m] things to [E] me [D] that I'm most proud of.
Well, [E] I hope one day I can say, _
Coal [A] keeps the lights on.
[E] My hometown [D] keeps a foot on the spoon [A] in my youngin's mouth.
Cars on a truck [E] and sundresses on [D] my baby girl.
[E] Coal keeps [A] the bills paid.
[E] Clothes on the backs and [D] shoes on the feet.
In [A] high school halls of the Mount Alliance [E] and the Bell County [D] Bobcats.
On here, _ _ [E] I hope I can say the coal kept [A] the lights [C#m] on.
[E] _ [F#] [D] Oh, oh.
_ [E] _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [A] _