West Virginia Coal chords by Amanda Cook

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:  WEST VIRGINIA COAL
ARTIST: AMANDA COOK
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/M0JpAbnl3I0
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


          WEST VIRGINIA COAL
            AMANDA COOK


CAPO: 4th FRET

INTRO:
Em D G D C
Em D G D C 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


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
  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 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


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
    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