Key: C Intro: C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 Verse 1: C F I could see the pride in your eyes when you got the news that day C F 60 hours a week, tires on a jeep, and you'd have off every 12 days C F I never thought that mistress in the mountains might take you away from me C F But sometimes you gotta dance with the devil to put shoes on baby's feet
Pre-Chorus: C F So I'll pack your lunch and send you off into the dark Am G/B C F I pray that mine won't steal you from me like you stole my heart Chorus: C G/B Am And I will wait for you F C Until you're gray and old G/B Am And if that mountain calls you home F C With you I will go G/B Am I'll wait for you F C Until those hills run out of coal G/B Am And the county company folds F C F And we all go broke Verse 2: C F I spent my honeymoon in the living room and you spent yours down in the mines C F But at age 19 that yeah was fine with me, but it gets harder over time Pre-Chorus: Am G/B C F When you're home, go straight to bed cause you're too tired to speak Am G/B C F Darlin I don't mind the lonely or the ashes in the sheets Chorus: C G/B Am And I will wait for you F C Until you're gray and old G/B Am And if that mountain calls you home F C With you I will go G/B Am I'll wait for you F C Until those hills run out of coal G/B Am And the county company folds F C And we all go broke Interlude: F Am C F Am Out-Chorus: C G/B Am And I will wait for you F C And when we get old and gray Am I'll thank the good Lord every day F That we got there C Am And I will wait for you F C Even if that mountain wins Am I won't let this be the end F I won't give up hope C Love don't go broke
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