Coal Tattoo Chords by The Kingston Trio

[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Travelling down that [C] coal [Fm] town road, listen [Bb] to my rubber [Fm] tires whine. _
Goodbye to [C] Buckeye and White [Fm] Sycamore, I'm [C] leaving you [Fm] behind.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Back like an iron [Db] wood bit [Ab] by the wind, blood [Eb] veins blue [Fm] as the coal. _ _
[Bb] Blood veins blue [Fm] as the coal. _ _
_ _ _ Somebody said [C] that's a strange [Fm] tattoo you have [C] on the side [Fm] of your head.
_ I said that's the blueprint [Eb] left by [Fm] the coal, a little [C] more and I'd [Fm] been _ dead.
[Ab] Well I love the _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] road that's [Eb] straight, and [Ab] it's hung down the new road [Db] looking for [Ab] a job.
There's [Eb] a travelling nook [Fm] in my _ _ _ _ head. _ _ _
I stood for the union and walked in the line, won against the company. _ _
I stood for the _ UMW of A, now who's gonna [Ebm] stand [Fm] for me?
[Ab] I got no [Eb] house and I got no [Ab]
job, just got a worried [Db] [Eb] soul.
[Ab] And a blue tattoo [Db] on the side [Ab] of my head, left [Eb] by the number [Fm] nine coal. _
Left [Eb] by the number [Fm] nine coal. _
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_ Someday when [Eb] I'm dead [Fm] and gone, to heaven [Eb] the land [Fm] of my dreams.
I won't have to worry [C] on losing [Fm] my job, on bad [Eb] times and [Fm] big machines.
[Ab] I ain't gonna pay [Eb] my money [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] hospital fees.
[Eb] _ _
[Ab] Gonna pick coal [Db] where the blue [Ab] heavens roll, and sing [Eb] with the [Fm] angel _ bands.
[Ab] I ain't _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
gonna pay my [Db] money _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ hospital fees.
[Fm] Gonna pick coal where the blue heavens roll, and sing [Eb] with the [F] angel bands. _
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