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Sprinkle Coal Dust On My Grave by Orville J Jenks

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SONG:   SPRINKLE COAL DUST ON MY GRAVE
ARTIST: ORVILLE J. JENKS
VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/AmkolZBWt3k
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


                      SPRINKLE COAL DUST ON MY GRAVE
                             ORVILLE J. JENKS

INTRO:
E

VERSE:
 E
I`m just an old coal miner
       A               E
And I labored for my bread
 E                              B7
This story in my memory I hear told

         E
For the sake of wife and baby
       A               E
How a miner risks his life
         E               B7             E
For the price of just a little lump of coal.

CHORUS:
 E
Don`t forget me, little darling,
           A              E
When they lay me down to rest,
 E                                        B7
Tell my brothers all these loving words I say

          E
Let the flowers be forgotten,
          A                E
Sprinkle coal dust on my grave
                      B7    E
In remembrance of the U M W A


VERSE:
 E
Mother Jones is not forgotten
        A               E
By the miners of this field,
 E
She`s gone to rest above,
               B7
God bless her soul

          E
Tried to lead the boys to victory.
         A                E
But was punished here in jail,
         E               B7             E
For the price of just a little lump of coal.


VERSE:
 E
When a miner in the morning
          A             E
Gets his car up to the face
 E
He`ll set some timbers
                          B7
And he`ll bore himself a hole

       E
He`ll get a shot of powder
         A               E
Get his battery and his line
 E                       B7             E
He`s shooting down that little lump of coal


VERSE:
 E
When a man has toiled and labored
          A                E
`Til his life it`s almost gone,
 E                                    B7
Then the operator thinks he`s just a fool

      E
They sneak around and fire him
         A                 E
Just because he`s growing old,
 E                         B7               E
And swear they caught him breaking company rules.


CHORUS:
 E
Don`t forget me, little darling,
           A              E
When they lay me down to rest,
 E                                      B7
Tell my brothers all the loving words I say

          E
Let the flowers be forgotten,
          A                E
Sprinkle coal dust on my grave
                      B     E
In remembrance of the U M W A