West Virginia Coal

Tom : Em

[Intro]
  Em  D  G   D   C   Em  D    G   D   C
VERSE:
D Em G
Daddy worked the coal mines until the day he died
D C
And every day he would make what troubled momma's mind
Em G
Numbers were rising the shafts were falling in
D C C
We prayed to God that we would see my daddy again
Em G
Winter came to Krueger's and shut down for repair
D C
While the suit and ties that owned us wouldn't stop the mine affairs
Em G
They promised the return of all the work the best they could
D C C
On a foggy mountain morning daddy went to work for good

[Refrão]
CHORUS:
D Em
Place your hands in black dust was all he knew
C G G
As he shoveled scraped the coal he made and the paycheck he was due

[Próxima Parte]
C D G Em
A dollar for the company a penny for his time
C D Em
As he worked his life away down in the mines
INSTRUMENTAL:
  Em  G  D   C   Em  G    D   C
VERSE:
Em G
Covered in his coat of coal his skin black as night
D C
Not enough air to breathe a struggle for his life
Em G
It's been seven lonely years since we've heard that whistle blow
D C C
Waiting for my pa to dig out all of West Virginia coal
Em G
The people of the town all moved away to better things
D C
But momma kept our family here to chase for daddy's dream
Em G
Now we stand around his grave with just an empty hope
D C C
Just like the miner buried here in these West Virginia coal

[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
C D G Em
And a dollar for the company a penny for his time
C D Em
As he worked his life away down in the mines
OUTRO:
Em   D   G   D   C   Em   D   G   D   C