Song Name: | Coal Tattoo | By: | Kingston Trio, Judy Collins, Jim Croce |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | F | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2009-08-23 17:08:35 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | COAL TATTOO
By: Billy Edd Wheeler Kingston Trio, Judy Collins, Jim Croce Key: Dm -6 -6 -6 7 7-6 -6 -6 Trav-lin' down that coal-town road, 7 7 7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 Lis-ten to my rub-ber tires whine; -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 7 -6 6 -6 Good-bye to Buck-eye and White Syc-a-more 7 7 -8 -7 6 -6 I'm leav-in' you be-hind. 7-8 8 8 9 8 7 -8 -88 8 Oh I've been a coal man all my life 8 8 -8 -8 8 -8 7-8 Lay-in' down tracks in the hole, 8 -8 7 6 6 6 6 Got a back like an iron-wood -6 6 -5 6 bent by the wind 7 7 -7 -6 6 -6 Blood veins blue as the coal. 7 7 -7 7 -7 -6 Blood veins blue as the coal. Somebody said "That's a strange tattoo You have on the side of your head." I said "That's a blue print, left by the coal Just a little more and I'd be dead" And I love the rumble and I love the dark I love the cool of the slate. But it's on down the new road lookin' for a job It's the travelin' and lookin' I hate. I've stood for the union, walkin' the line, Fought against the company; Stood for the U. M. W. of A. Now who's gonna stand for me? I got no house and I got no pay, Just got a worried soul; And this blue tattoo on the side of my head Left by the number nine coal. Someday when I'm dead and gone To Heaven, the land of my dreams, I won't have to worry on losin' my job To bad times 'n big machines. I ain't gonna pay my money away For pensions and hospital plans. I'm gonna pick coal where the blue heavens roll And sing with the angel bands. |