Coal Tattoo Chords by Judy Collins

[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ [G] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
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_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] I'm leaving you _
[Cm] behind.
_ [Eb] Oh, I've been _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] down [Ab] track in the [Gm] hall.
_ Back like an iron [Ab] wood [Eb] bent by the wind.
[Ab] [Bb] Blood veins blue [Cm] as the coal.
_ [Ab] [Bb] Blood veins blue [Cm] as the coal. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ Somebody said [Ab] that's a [Bb] strange [Cm] tattoo [Ab] you have [Bb] on the side of [Cm] your head.
I said that's the [Ab] mark of the number [Cm] nine coal.
[Ab] A little [Bb] more and I'd [Cm] be dead.
[Eb] Oh, but I love the [Bb] rumble and I [Eb] love the _ _ _ [Bb] cool [Ab] of the [Bb] slate.
But it's going down that new [Ab] road looking [Eb] for a job.
[Ab] This traveling [Bb] and looking [Cm] I hate.
[Ab] This traveling [Bb] and looking [Cm] I _ hate. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ I've stood for the [Ab] union, walked in the line, fought [Bb] against the [Cm] company.
_ _ I've stood for the [Ab]
UMW [Cm] of A.
[Ab] Now [Bb] who's going to stand [Cm] for me?
Well, [Eb] I got no hope [Bb] and I got [Eb] no pay.
Just [Gm] got a [Ab] worried _ [Gm] soul.
And this blue tattoo [Ab] on the side of [Eb] my head.
[Ab] [Bb] Left by the number [Cm] nine coal.
[Ab] Left me [Bb] by the number [Cm] nine coal. _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ Someday when [Fm] I die [Cm] and [Ab] go to [Bb] heaven, the land of [Cm] my dreams.
I won't have to [Gm] worry [Ab] on [Cm] losing my [Ab] job to [Bb] bad times and [Cm] big machines.
[Eb] Well, I got no job [Bb] and I got [Eb] no pay.
Just [Bb] got a [Ab] worried _ [Gm] soul.
And this blue [Ab] tattoo on the side of [Eb] my head.
[Ab] Left [Bb] by the number [Cm] nine coal.
_ [Ab] Left [Bb] by the number [C] nine coal. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _