A Mighty Wind - Blood On The Coal chords by Soundtracks

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

DmDm

Verse 1:

    DmDm         C majorC      C/BC/B
It was April 27, in the year of 91,

    A minorAm                DmDm
Bout a mile below the surface and the warm Kentucky sun.

   DmDm                C majorC           C/BC/B
The late shift was ending, and the early shift was late,

   A minorAm                DmDm
The foreman ate his dinner, from a dirty tin plate.

Chorus 1:

 DmDm            C majorC          C/BC/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,

 A minorAm                DmDm
 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.

       C majorC          C/BC/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,

    A minorAm             DmDm
Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,

                 C majorC   C/BC/B   A minorAm
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 2:

      DmDm                 C majorC    C/BC/B
Well, the slag pits were steamin', it was 7:25,

    A minorAm                  DmDm
Every miner worked the coal face; every one of them alive.

   DmDm                    C majorC            C/BC/B
The train came round the corner; you could hear the trestle groan,

     A minorAm                 DmDm
But the switcher wasn't listnin', so he left the switch alone!

Chorus 2:

 DmDm            C majorC          C/BC/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,

 A minorAm                DmDm
 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.

       C majorC          C/BC/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,

    A minorAm             DmDm
Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,

                 C majorC   C/BC/B   A minorAm
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 3:

      DmDm                C majorC          C/BC/B
Well, the walls began to tremble and the men began to yell,

      A minorAm                   DmDm
They could hear that lonesome whistle, like an echo out of...well.

   DmDm                    C majorC           C/BC/B
They dropped their picks and shovels, as to safety they did run,

    A minorAm                 DmDm
For to stay amongst the living, in the year of ninety-one.


Chorus 3:

 DmDm            C majorC          C/BC/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,

 A minorAm                DmDm
 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.

       C majorC          C/BC/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,

    A minorAm             DmDm
Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,

                 C majorC   C/BC/B   A minorAm
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 4:

     DmDm                  C majorC            C/BC/B
Now, an Irishman named Murphy said; "I'll stop that iron horse!"

    A minorAm                   DmDm
And he stood to athwart it's passage and it crushed him dead of course.

    DmDm                C majorC            C/BC/B
And I hope he hears the irony, when e're this tale is told,

   A minorAm                   DmDm
The train that took his life was burning good Kentucky coal. (Hey!)


Chorus 4:

 DmDm            C majorC          C/BC/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,

 A minorAm                DmDm
 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.

       C majorC          C/BC/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,

    A minorAm             DmDm
Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,

                C majorC  Am, DmDm
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  DmDm   C majorC    C/BC/B   A minorAm

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 xx0231 x32010 x20010 x02210


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])