Coal Tattoo chords by The Kingston Trio

Intro:
Em   Em  Em


Verse 1:

Em                  D        Em
Travelin down that coal town road.

Em               D            Em
Listenin to my rubber tires whine.

Em                     D         Em
Goodbye to Buckeye and bright Sycamore.

Em           D      Em
I'm leavin' you be-hind.

G                    D          G
I've been coal miner all of my life.

G           D            C  D
Layin' down track in the hole.

      G                     C          G
Gotta back like an ironwood, bent by the wind.

G          D           Em
Blood veins blue as the coal.

C           D           Em
Blood veins blue as the coal.

Verse 2:

Em                        D          Em
Somebody said, "That's a strange tattoo

 Em               D            Em
you have on the side of your head."

Em                            D          Em
I said,"That's the blueprint left by the coal.

        Em              D         Em
Just a little more and I'd been dead.

    G                       D        G
Well, I love the rumble and love the dark.

G          D            C D
I love the cool of the slate,

         G                        C           G
And it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job.

       G      D        Em
This travelin' nook in my head.



Verse 3:

Em                        D          Em
I stood for the union  walked in the line

 Em                  D    Em
fought against the company.

Em                    D     Em
I stood for the U. M. W. of A.

     Em          D        Em
Now, whos gonna stand by me?

      G                 D      G
I've got no house and I got no pay,

 G          D      C D
Just got a worried soul

      G                  C           G
And a blue tattoo on the side of my head

 G           D           Em
Left by the number nine coal.

 C           D           Em
Left by the number nine coal.


Verse 4:

Em              D       Em
Some day when I die and go

   Em            D           Em
To heaven, the land of my dreams.

   Em                       D       Em
I wont have to worry 'bout losin my job,

    Em             D     Em
To bad times and big machines.

    G                D     G
I ain't gonna pay my money away

   G       D         C D
On dues or hospital plans.

     G                       C            G
I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll

     G            D      Em
And sing with the angels band.


Outro:

   G                D     G
I ain't gonna pay my money away

   G       D         C D
On dues or hospital plans.

     G                       C            G
I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll

     G            D      E
And sing with the angels band.