Coalmine chords by Sara Evans

• Capo on 3rd

Intro: C F C C G C


Verse 1:


C               F      C
Shotgun houses, shanty shacks

C                          G        C
Countin' those ties on the railroad track

C                      F      C
Thirty-four more, it's almost time

C              G
To see my baby walking out of that
C         F            C
Coalmine, covered with dust

C                  G       C
T-shirt tired, all muscled up

C         F       C
All mine, head to toe

C                 G        C
Come on, come on, whistle, blow

C               F       C
I can't wait to get him home

C                                G      C
Ain't gonna have nothing but the supper on

C                            F
Gonna keep him busy 'til its time


G                            C
He goes back to that coalmine
Verse 2:

C                    F       C
Some girls like them gussied up

C                G      C
Wearing all that smelly stuff

C                     F        C
To me there's nothing quite so fine

C         G
As my man standing in front of that



(2nd Chorus:)

C         F            C
Coalmine, covered with dust

C                 G       C
T-shirt tied, all muscled up

C         F       C
All mine, head to toe

C                G        C
Come on, come on whistle, blow

C                 F          C
Power's out, well that's all right

C                    G       C
We'll make love by a miner's light

C                            F
Gonna keep him busy 'til its time

G                             C
He goes back to that coalmine


Verse 3:

C               F      C
Shotgun houses, shanty shacks

C                          G        C
Countin' those ties on the railroad track

C                   F      C
Just two more, it's almost time

C              G
To see my baby walking out of that


(3rd Chorus:)

C         F            C
Coalmine, covered with dust

C                 G       C
T-shirt tied, all muscled up

C         F       C
All mine, head to toe

C                G        C
Come on, come on whistle, blow

C                   F        C
Don't want no white-collared man

C                G         C
Midnight, I like calloused hands

C                        F
To keep me busy 'til its time

G                             C
He goes back to that coalmine

Verse 4:

C         F            C
Coalmine, covered with dust

C                 G       C
T-shirt tied, all muscled up

C         F       C
All mine, head to toe

C                G        C
Come on, come on whistle, blow


C               F       C
I can't wait to get him home

      C                          G      C
Ain't gonna have nothing but the supper on

C                 F          C
Power's out, well that's all right

C                    G       C
We'll make love by a miner's light

C                   F        C
Don't want no white-collared man

C                G         C
Midnight, I live calloused hands

C               F       C
I can't wait to get him home

      C                          G      C
Ain't gonna have nothing but the supper on

C                 F          C
Power's out, well that's all right

C                    G       C
We'll make love by a miner's light

C                   F        C
Don't want no white-collared man

C                G         C
Midnight, I live calloused hands

C                        F
To keep me busy 'til its time

G                             C
He goes back to that coalmine