Coal Mine Blues Chords by Iiird Tyme Out

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_ _ _ _ _ I've been working in these mines for most of [A] my _ [B] life
Trying to raise two daughters and support a loving _ wife
But this awful way of living has really [F#m] got me down
[B] And I've had to face the fact, [F#] boys, that I'll never [B] leave this town
_ Well, _ my lungs are black as coal and my heart is [D] cold as _ ice
[G#] And I [B] know that working in the mines you'll pay [Bm] an awful price
But I'll keep on working here, [B] work my fingers [A] to the bone _
[G#] And the best that I can hope for is that I [F#] won't have to die alone
[Bm] _ [D] And these coal mine blues I just [A] can't lose [B] in my mind _ _ _
_ [D] Well, I've had them so long, the mines [A] become my home and [F#] my whole _ life
[D] Oh, got [B] the coal mine _ blues
Well, [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ the pay's not that good in the coal [F#m] dark dingy home
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You [D] spend all your [B] time just thinking about how [E] you will go
[B] Will the walls cave in around you or will you just [A] run out of _ [B] time?
Well, it's easy to chew the bone down in the coal dark mine
[D] Oh, these coal [A] mine blues [D] I just can't [G#m] lose in my [B] _
mind
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] Well, I've had them so long, the mines [A] become my home and [F#] my whole _ _ [F#m] life
Oh, [Bm] got the coal mine blues
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[D] Oh, these [A] coal mine blues [D] I just [A] can't lose in [B] my mind
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Well, [D] I've had them so long, the mines become [A] my home and my [F#] whole _ life
Oh, [G#m] _
[F#m] [B] got the coal mine blues _ _ _ _
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