Chords for Coal Mining Blues-Matt Andersen

[F] coal miner.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
[Abm] I bet you if I went down to [G] the coal miner
it would be kind of like that scene [F] in
the wind of the pool when he got stuck in the [A] cave
[Eb] trying to go home. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] I have a lot of appreciation _ [Eb] for those guys
that went through.
_ I _
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_ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] spend all my days
going [Ab] down [Eb] to [Ab] the _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ mines _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] under the ground
where the sun [Abm] never _ _ [Eb] shines
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ breaking my back
I [Ab] put [Eb] heat in [Cm] your _ _ _ _ _ house _
_ _ _ _ I've got
[Bb] the roar of a lion
the breath of [Ab] _ a _ _ mouse _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab]
black
on my _ [Eb] hands black on [Bb] my _ shoes
[Eb] _ _
[Bb] black _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ on
my heart from these coal mine [Ab] blue _ _ _
_ the _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ man
in the mirror
looks [Ab] nothing _ like [Gm] me
_ _ _ [Cm] just _ _
_ _ [Bb] a weary _ reminder
of what I _ [Eb] used to _ _ [Ab] be _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ sunken red eyes [Ab] the lines
in _
[Cm] my face _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ the _ [Bb] _
lines in my face
the tired old man
_ has taken [Ab] my _ _ _ _ place
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
black [Ab] on my [Eb] hands _
black on [Bb] _ my _ [Eb] shoes
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] black
on my heart
from these coal [Eb] mine blue _ _ _
_ _ can't _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ fall asleep
_ [Ab] for the dreams [Cm] _ that may _
_ come _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] where the walls cave _ in
the coal _ [Ab] fills my lungs
_ _ if _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ life
is a blessing then please
_ [Cm] _
let it _ _ be _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ someday God's light
[Bbm] will give these poor _ [Ab] souls _ relief _ _ _ black
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
on my _ hands _
black on [Bb] my _ shoes
_ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] black _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Fm] _ on my
heart from these coal [Eb] mine blue _ _
can't _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
fall
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ asleep
[Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ ashes to dust
with these [Eb] coal mine
[Ab] _ blue
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[B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _