Sprinkle Coal Dust On My Grave chords by Orville J Jenks

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

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

INTRO:
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VERSE:
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I`m just an old coal miner
    A        E
And I labored for my bread
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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:
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Don`t forget me, little darling,
      A       E
When they lay me down to rest,
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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:
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Mother Jones is not forgotten
    A        E
By the miners of this field,
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She`s gone to rest above,
        B7
God bless her soul

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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:
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When a miner in the morning
     A       E
Gets his car up to the face
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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:
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When a man has toiled and labored
     A        E
`Til his life it`s almost gone,
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Then the operator thinks he`s just a fool

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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