West Virginia Coal chords by Amanda Cook

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Donczarski53
• 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: [email protected]


          WEST VIRGINIA COAL
            AMANDA COOK


CAPO: 4th FRET

INTRO:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC

VERSE:
D MajorD E minorEm              G+G
 Daddy worked the coal mines until the day he died
   D MajorD              C majorC
And every day he would make what troubled momma`s mind
 E minorEm           G+G
Numbers were rising the shafts were falling in
  D MajorD                 C majorC     C majorC
We prayed to God that we would see my daddy again

 E minorEm              G+G
Winter came to Krueger`s and shut down for repair
      D MajorD                  C majorC
While the suit and ties that owned us wouldn`t stop the mine affairs
   E minorEm               G+G
They promised the return of all the work the best they could
   D MajorD              C majorC          C majorC
On a foggy mountain morning daddy went to work for good


CHORUS:
      D MajorD               E minorEm
Place your hands in black dust was all he knew
    C majorC          G+G                   G+G
As he shoveled scraped the coal he made and the paycheck he was due
  C majorC       D MajorD     G+G       E minorEm
A augmentedA dollar for the company a penny for his time
    C majorC        D MajorD        E minorEm
As he worked his life away down in the mines


INSTRUMENTAL:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC

VERSE:
 E minorEm               G+G
Covered in his coat of coal his skin black as night
    D MajorD           C majorC
Not enough air to breathe a struggle for his life
      E minorEm               G+G
It`s been seven lonely years since we`ve heard that whistle blow
     D MajorD              C majorC        C majorC
Waiting for my pa to dig out all of West Virginia coal

   E minorEm              G+G
The people of the town all moved away to better things
   D MajorD               C majorC
But momma kept our family here to chase for daddy`s dream
 E minorEm                 G+G
Now we stand around his grave with just an empty hope
   D MajorD                  C majorC        C majorC
Just like the miner buried here in these West Virginia coal


CHORUS:
      D MajorD               E minorEm
Place your hands in black dust was all he knew
    C majorC          G+G                   G+G
As he shoveled scraped the coal he made and the paycheck he was due
    C majorC       D MajorD     G+G       E minorEm
And a dollar for the company a penny for his time
    C majorC        D MajorD        E minorEm
As he worked his life away down in the mines


OUTRO:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC