A Small Coal Song Chords by Jez Lowe

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Sing your songs, but what do you [C]
know?
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[Bb] I _ am your [F] friend, Sid
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Your back's as straight as crops [Am] in _ _ sleeper
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Your skin's as smooth [Bb] as stem and clay
_ _ _ And [F] then _ smoke [Dm] _ or [Gm] will be
The _ _ [Bb] death of me
You _ _ _ _ _ _
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come to me with [C] damnful questions
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ The things I'd just as soon [F] _ forget
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Home and dry, you [Am] want me _ thinking
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Fallen cages, _ _ [Bb] muck and wear _
And _ then [F] _ smoke _ [Dm] or [Gm] will _ be
The _ [Bb] death of me _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ It's not work, it's just [C] hard labor
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There were men in [F] _ 39
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Rather risk their [Am] necks as soldiers
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Crawl around down [Bbm] in some mine
_ _ And then [F] _ _
smoke [Dm] _ or will [Gm] be _
_ _ _ [Bb] The death of me
_ I _ _ _ _ _
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hear it in your borrowed [C] _ corners
_ _ I _ [Bbm] _ _
can't help thinking _ [F] of the day
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ When they hung their [Am] me-me work clothes
_ _ _ [Gm] _ You were off and [Bb] now you're away
_ _ _ And then [F] smoke _ [Dm] or _ will [Gm] be _
_ _ The [Bb] death of me
_ Sing _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
your songs, _ but what [C] do you know?
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] I _ am your friend, Sid
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Your back's as straight as [Am] crops in _ sleeper
_ _ [Gm] _ Your skin's as smooth [F] as stem and clay
_ _ And then _ smoke [Dm] _ or [Gm] will be _
_ _ _ [Bb] The death of me
_ _ Yes, [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ then smoke _
_ [Dm] _ _ or [Gm] will be
The _ _ [Bb] _ death of me
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