Chords for Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Tempo:
75.05 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
F
Gb
E
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Db] [Ab] [Db]
When I was [Gb] born in [Db] Colbert, a drunk and a captain [Eb] on a hill in [Ab] Butcher Hall.
[Bbm] [Db] We were poor but we had luck.
[Gb] That's the one thing that [Db] Daddy made sure of.
He shoveled [Ab] coal to make a [Db] poor man's dollar.
[A] [D] How many of you [G] in here tonight know what a holler is?
[D]
Oh, you do know what a holler is, huh?
Great!
How many more know [E] what a holler is?
You [A] know what one is?
I'm going to tell you what a holler is.
[D] A holler is a little canyon that comes down between two hills.
[G] Down between these [D] two hills is a little stream of water.
On the sides of [A] the hills is where we build our cabins.
[D] And if there's any level ground, that's where we put our gardens.
[G] [Am] And the way Butcher Holler got its [D] name is like this.
My grandmother was a butcher.
[G] My grandfather was a whimp.
And friends just so [D] happened to be a lot more butchers than there were wimps.
And the butchers won out.
And that's how it got its name.
Butcher Holler!
[Bb] [Eb] When I [Ab] [Eb]
was born in Colbert, a drunk and a captain [F] on a hill in [Bb] Butcher Hall.
[Eb] We were poor but we [Ab] had luck.
That's the one thing that Daddy [Eb] made sure of.
He shoveled [Bb] coal to make a poor [Eb] man's dollar.
My daddy worked [Ab] all night in the [Eb] Vandercoats mines.
All day long [F] in the field of [Bb] hoeing corn.
[Eb] Mommy rocked the babies last night.
And [Ab] read the Bible by the coal [Eb] oil light.
Everything would start [Bb] all over come break [Eb] of morning.
[B] [E] Daddy loved to raise [A] dead kids on a [E] miner's pay.
Mommy scrubbed our [Gb] clothes on a war sport [B] every day.
[Eb] Well [E] I seen her fingers bleed.
Took [A] off the brink, there was [E] no need.
She'd smile in [B] Mommy's understanding [E]
way.
In the summer time [A] she [E] used to whine.
But in the winter time [Gb] we'd all get a brand [B] new pair.
[E] Mama made a lot of money [A]
from selling [E] her hog.
Daddy always [B] managed to get the money [E] somewhere.
[C] Yeah!
[F] [Bb] [F] I remember well, [G] the well I drew [C] water.
[F] The work we done was hard.
And [Bb] I was sleepy [F] cause we worked hard.
I never thought of [C] ever leaving.
But [F] your heart, well it all [Bb] changed way back [F] then.
And it's so good [G] to be back home [C] again.
[F] I [Bb] wouldn't live here [F] anymore.
Except for memories [C] of a coal [F] miner's daughter.
[C] [F] [Bb] [N]
[Gb] I know every one of you out there do not feel the same way about your daddy [B] as I did about my daddy.
My daddy died in 59.
[Gb]
I didn't start singing until 61.
So daddy never did get to hear his coal miner's daughter sing on stage.
I know all of [Db] you have a lot of memories of your daddy.
I got a [Fm] lot of memories of my [Gb] daddy too.
And I'd like to share just a couple of my memories with you if you don't mind.
I'd like to [Eb] share the one memory [Gb] that I remember the most and I love the most.
Is a memory of in the winter time when the snow was on the ground.
The wind was blowing the snow through the cracks of the house.
Daddy had sat in front of the old fireplace and he'd rock two and three kids at one time.
And most of the [B] time [Gb] I was one of them kids.
In fact, daddy rocked me right up until I got married.
I married very young.
I kind of walked out of my daddy's arms into my husband's arms.
Then there were times that were quite funny.
[Dbm] Memories that I [Gb] remember of daddy and I think one of the funniest ones was daddy never called me Loretta.
It was always Loretty.
And I was the only girl until I was nine years old.
I was kind of spoiled.
I was daddy's pet.
I got into everything I was big enough to get into.
I climbed trees.
I jumped fences.
Daddy would always say to me, now Loretty, if you climb that tree and you fall out and get hurt, you're going to get whooped.
Just as soon as I climbed the tree and I fell out and got hurt, daddy would pick me up and spank me before he'd ever look to see if I was dead or alive.
When I was [Gb] born in [Db] Colbert, a drunk and a captain [Eb] on a hill in [Ab] Butcher Hall.
[Bbm] [Db] We were poor but we had luck.
[Gb] That's the one thing that [Db] Daddy made sure of.
He shoveled [Ab] coal to make a [Db] poor man's dollar.
[A] [D] How many of you [G] in here tonight know what a holler is?
[D]
Oh, you do know what a holler is, huh?
Great!
How many more know [E] what a holler is?
You [A] know what one is?
I'm going to tell you what a holler is.
[D] A holler is a little canyon that comes down between two hills.
[G] Down between these [D] two hills is a little stream of water.
On the sides of [A] the hills is where we build our cabins.
[D] And if there's any level ground, that's where we put our gardens.
[G] [Am] And the way Butcher Holler got its [D] name is like this.
My grandmother was a butcher.
[G] My grandfather was a whimp.
And friends just so [D] happened to be a lot more butchers than there were wimps.
And the butchers won out.
And that's how it got its name.
Butcher Holler!
[Bb] [Eb] When I [Ab] [Eb]
was born in Colbert, a drunk and a captain [F] on a hill in [Bb] Butcher Hall.
[Eb] We were poor but we [Ab] had luck.
That's the one thing that Daddy [Eb] made sure of.
He shoveled [Bb] coal to make a poor [Eb] man's dollar.
My daddy worked [Ab] all night in the [Eb] Vandercoats mines.
All day long [F] in the field of [Bb] hoeing corn.
[Eb] Mommy rocked the babies last night.
And [Ab] read the Bible by the coal [Eb] oil light.
Everything would start [Bb] all over come break [Eb] of morning.
[B] [E] Daddy loved to raise [A] dead kids on a [E] miner's pay.
Mommy scrubbed our [Gb] clothes on a war sport [B] every day.
[Eb] Well [E] I seen her fingers bleed.
Took [A] off the brink, there was [E] no need.
She'd smile in [B] Mommy's understanding [E]
way.
In the summer time [A] she [E] used to whine.
But in the winter time [Gb] we'd all get a brand [B] new pair.
[E] Mama made a lot of money [A]
from selling [E] her hog.
Daddy always [B] managed to get the money [E] somewhere.
[C] Yeah!
[F] [Bb] [F] I remember well, [G] the well I drew [C] water.
[F] The work we done was hard.
And [Bb] I was sleepy [F] cause we worked hard.
I never thought of [C] ever leaving.
But [F] your heart, well it all [Bb] changed way back [F] then.
And it's so good [G] to be back home [C] again.
[F] I [Bb] wouldn't live here [F] anymore.
Except for memories [C] of a coal [F] miner's daughter.
[C] [F] [Bb] [N]
[Gb] I know every one of you out there do not feel the same way about your daddy [B] as I did about my daddy.
My daddy died in 59.
[Gb]
I didn't start singing until 61.
So daddy never did get to hear his coal miner's daughter sing on stage.
I know all of [Db] you have a lot of memories of your daddy.
I got a [Fm] lot of memories of my [Gb] daddy too.
And I'd like to share just a couple of my memories with you if you don't mind.
I'd like to [Eb] share the one memory [Gb] that I remember the most and I love the most.
Is a memory of in the winter time when the snow was on the ground.
The wind was blowing the snow through the cracks of the house.
Daddy had sat in front of the old fireplace and he'd rock two and three kids at one time.
And most of the [B] time [Gb] I was one of them kids.
In fact, daddy rocked me right up until I got married.
I married very young.
I kind of walked out of my daddy's arms into my husband's arms.
Then there were times that were quite funny.
[Dbm] Memories that I [Gb] remember of daddy and I think one of the funniest ones was daddy never called me Loretta.
It was always Loretty.
And I was the only girl until I was nine years old.
I was kind of spoiled.
I was daddy's pet.
I got into everything I was big enough to get into.
I climbed trees.
I jumped fences.
Daddy would always say to me, now Loretty, if you climb that tree and you fall out and get hurt, you're going to get whooped.
Just as soon as I climbed the tree and I fell out and got hurt, daddy would pick me up and spank me before he'd ever look to see if I was dead or alive.
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_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ When I was [Gb] born in [Db] Colbert, a drunk _ and a captain [Eb] on a hill in [Ab] Butcher Hall.
_ _ [Bbm] [Db] We were poor but we had luck.
[Gb] That's the one thing that [Db] Daddy made sure of.
He shoveled [Ab] coal to make a [Db] poor man's dollar.
[A] _ _ [D] How many of you [G] in here tonight know what a holler is?
[D] _
_ Oh, you do know what a holler is, huh?
Great!
How many more know [E] what a holler is?
You [A] know what one is?
I'm going to tell you what a holler is.
[D] A holler is a little canyon that comes down between two hills.
[G] Down between these [D] two hills is a little stream of water.
On the sides of [A] the hills is where we build our cabins.
[D] And if there's any level ground, that's where we put our gardens.
[G] [Am] And the way Butcher Holler got its [D] name is like this.
My grandmother was a butcher.
[G] My grandfather was a whimp.
And friends just so [D] happened to be a lot more butchers than there were wimps.
And the butchers won out.
And that's how it got its name.
Butcher Holler!
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] When I _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ was born in Colbert, a drunk and a captain [F] on a hill in [Bb] Butcher Hall.
_ _ [Eb] We were poor but we _ [Ab] had luck.
That's the one thing that Daddy [Eb] made sure of.
He shoveled [Bb] coal to make a poor [Eb] man's dollar.
_ _ My daddy worked [Ab] all night in the [Eb] Vandercoats mines.
_ All day long [F] in the field of [Bb] hoeing corn.
_ _ [Eb] Mommy rocked the babies last night.
And [Ab] read the Bible by the coal [Eb] oil light.
Everything would start [Bb] all over come break [Eb] of morning.
[B] _ [E] Daddy loved to raise [A] dead kids on a [E] miner's pay.
_ Mommy scrubbed our [Gb] clothes on a war sport [B] every day.
_ [Eb] Well [E] I seen her fingers bleed.
Took [A] off the brink, there was [E] no need.
She'd smile in [B] Mommy's understanding [E]
way.
_ In the summer time [A] she [E] used to whine.
But in the winter time [Gb] we'd all get a brand [B] new pair.
_ _ [E] Mama made a lot of money [A]
from selling [E] her hog.
Daddy always [B] managed to get the money [E] somewhere.
_ [C] Yeah!
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] I _ _ remember well, [G] the well I drew [C] water.
_ _ [F] The work we done was hard.
And [Bb] I was sleepy [F] cause we worked hard.
I never thought of [C] ever leaving.
But [F] your heart, _ _ well it all [Bb] changed way back [F] then.
_ And it's so good [G] to be back home [C] again.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ I [Bb] wouldn't live here [F] anymore.
Except for memories [C] of a coal [F] miner's daughter.
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ I know every one of you out there do not feel the same way about your daddy [B] as I did about my daddy.
My daddy died in 59.
[Gb]
I didn't start singing until 61.
So daddy never did get to hear his coal miner's daughter sing on stage. _
I know all of [Db] you have a lot of memories of your daddy.
I got a [Fm] lot of memories of my [Gb] daddy too.
And I'd like to share just a couple of my memories with you if you don't mind.
I'd like to [Eb] share the one memory [Gb] that I remember the most and I love the most.
Is a memory of in the winter time when the snow was on the ground.
The wind was blowing the snow through the cracks of the house.
Daddy had sat in front of the old fireplace and he'd rock two and three kids at one time.
And most of the [B] time [Gb] I was one of them kids.
In fact, daddy rocked me right up until I got married.
I married very young.
I kind of walked out of my daddy's arms into my husband's arms.
Then there were times that were quite funny.
[Dbm] Memories that I [Gb] remember of daddy and I think one of the funniest ones was daddy never called me Loretta.
It was always Loretty.
And I was the only girl until I was nine years old.
I was kind of spoiled.
I was daddy's pet.
I got into everything I was big enough to get into.
I climbed trees.
I jumped fences.
Daddy would always say to me, now Loretty, if you climb that tree and you fall out and get hurt, you're going to get whooped.
Just as soon as I climbed the tree and I fell out and got hurt, daddy would pick me up and spank me before he'd ever look to see if I was dead or alive. _ _
_ _ When I was [Gb] born in [Db] Colbert, a drunk _ and a captain [Eb] on a hill in [Ab] Butcher Hall.
_ _ [Bbm] [Db] We were poor but we had luck.
[Gb] That's the one thing that [Db] Daddy made sure of.
He shoveled [Ab] coal to make a [Db] poor man's dollar.
[A] _ _ [D] How many of you [G] in here tonight know what a holler is?
[D] _
_ Oh, you do know what a holler is, huh?
Great!
How many more know [E] what a holler is?
You [A] know what one is?
I'm going to tell you what a holler is.
[D] A holler is a little canyon that comes down between two hills.
[G] Down between these [D] two hills is a little stream of water.
On the sides of [A] the hills is where we build our cabins.
[D] And if there's any level ground, that's where we put our gardens.
[G] [Am] And the way Butcher Holler got its [D] name is like this.
My grandmother was a butcher.
[G] My grandfather was a whimp.
And friends just so [D] happened to be a lot more butchers than there were wimps.
And the butchers won out.
And that's how it got its name.
Butcher Holler!
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] When I _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ was born in Colbert, a drunk and a captain [F] on a hill in [Bb] Butcher Hall.
_ _ [Eb] We were poor but we _ [Ab] had luck.
That's the one thing that Daddy [Eb] made sure of.
He shoveled [Bb] coal to make a poor [Eb] man's dollar.
_ _ My daddy worked [Ab] all night in the [Eb] Vandercoats mines.
_ All day long [F] in the field of [Bb] hoeing corn.
_ _ [Eb] Mommy rocked the babies last night.
And [Ab] read the Bible by the coal [Eb] oil light.
Everything would start [Bb] all over come break [Eb] of morning.
[B] _ [E] Daddy loved to raise [A] dead kids on a [E] miner's pay.
_ Mommy scrubbed our [Gb] clothes on a war sport [B] every day.
_ [Eb] Well [E] I seen her fingers bleed.
Took [A] off the brink, there was [E] no need.
She'd smile in [B] Mommy's understanding [E]
way.
_ In the summer time [A] she [E] used to whine.
But in the winter time [Gb] we'd all get a brand [B] new pair.
_ _ [E] Mama made a lot of money [A]
from selling [E] her hog.
Daddy always [B] managed to get the money [E] somewhere.
_ [C] Yeah!
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] I _ _ remember well, [G] the well I drew [C] water.
_ _ [F] The work we done was hard.
And [Bb] I was sleepy [F] cause we worked hard.
I never thought of [C] ever leaving.
But [F] your heart, _ _ well it all [Bb] changed way back [F] then.
_ And it's so good [G] to be back home [C] again.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ I [Bb] wouldn't live here [F] anymore.
Except for memories [C] of a coal [F] miner's daughter.
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ I know every one of you out there do not feel the same way about your daddy [B] as I did about my daddy.
My daddy died in 59.
[Gb]
I didn't start singing until 61.
So daddy never did get to hear his coal miner's daughter sing on stage. _
I know all of [Db] you have a lot of memories of your daddy.
I got a [Fm] lot of memories of my [Gb] daddy too.
And I'd like to share just a couple of my memories with you if you don't mind.
I'd like to [Eb] share the one memory [Gb] that I remember the most and I love the most.
Is a memory of in the winter time when the snow was on the ground.
The wind was blowing the snow through the cracks of the house.
Daddy had sat in front of the old fireplace and he'd rock two and three kids at one time.
And most of the [B] time [Gb] I was one of them kids.
In fact, daddy rocked me right up until I got married.
I married very young.
I kind of walked out of my daddy's arms into my husband's arms.
Then there were times that were quite funny.
[Dbm] Memories that I [Gb] remember of daddy and I think one of the funniest ones was daddy never called me Loretta.
It was always Loretty.
And I was the only girl until I was nine years old.
I was kind of spoiled.
I was daddy's pet.
I got into everything I was big enough to get into.
I climbed trees.
I jumped fences.
Daddy would always say to me, now Loretty, if you climb that tree and you fall out and get hurt, you're going to get whooped.
Just as soon as I climbed the tree and I fell out and got hurt, daddy would pick me up and spank me before he'd ever look to see if I was dead or alive. _ _
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