Coal Tattoo chords by Warren Haynes

♫ Intro:

F#m7 D F#m7 A E F#m7



♫ Verse :
                     D          F#m
Travelling down this coal town road
A                E            F#m
Listening to my rubber tires whine
                         D        F#m
Good-bye to buckeye and white sycamore
 A           E     F#m
I'm leaving you behind
A                    E       A
I've been a coal man all my life
             E           D E
Laying down track in the hole
      A
Got a back like an ironwood
D             A
Warped by the wind
D              E          F#m  F#m7
Blood veins as blue as the coal
Dadd9           E          F#m
Blood veins as blue as the coal

♫ Verse :
                         D         F#m
Somebody said "That's a strange tattoo
     A          E             F#m  F#m7
You have on the side of your head"
                              D           F#m
I said "That's the blueprint left by the coal
   A              E      F#m
A little more and I'd be dead"
      A                     E           A
Well
I love the rumble and I love the dark
           E            D E
I love the cool of the slate
          A                 D             A
But this travelling around, looking for a job
D              E         F#m
Travelling and looking I hate
  Dadd9         E        F#m
Travelling and looking I hate

♫ Bridge:
Dadd9 E F#m D E
Dadd9 E F#m F#m7
Dadd9 E F#m D E
Dadd9 E F#m F#m7



♫ Verse :
  F#m                   D     F#m
I stood in line for the union
 A                 E     F#m
Fought against the company
                  D F#m
Stood for the U.M.W.A.
    A            E       F#m
Now who's gonna stand by me?
  A                E       A
I got no job and I got no pay
             E     D E
I just got a weary soul
          A                  Dadd9      A
And this blue tattoo on the side of my face
D            E          F#m
Left by the number nine coal
D            E          F#m
Left by the number nine coal

♫ Bridge:
Dadd9 E F#m
Dadd9 E F#m F#m7
Dadd9 E F#m
Dadd9 E F#m F#m7



♫ Verse :
                   Dadd9   F#m
Someday, when I'm dead and gone
    A           E         F#m
To heaven, the land of my dreams
                          Dadd9    F#m
I won't have to worry on losing my job
   A              E      F#m
To hard times and big machines
      A                  E        A
And I ain't gonna pay my money away
             E       D E
On dues and hospital plans
    A                          D             A
I'm gonna pick coal, where the blue heaven's roll
    D              E    F#m
And sing with the angel band
D             E      F#m
Sing with the angel band