Chords with lyrics
Intro:
A minorAm | / / / G+G | C majorC / / / | A minorAm / / / | C majorC / / / |
Verse 1:
C majorC A minorAm
They sell their lies by the bottle
C majorC A minorAm
Without an ounce of shame
FF C majorC
A augmentedA promise on a slip of paper
E7E7 A minorAm
Guaranteed to dull the pain
Verse 2:
FF C majorC
We dug that mine a mile below us
FF C majorC E7E7
And built up this little town
FF C majorC E7E7
Oh and we're still digging holes
A minorAm
But these are six feet down
Chorus:
C majorC FF
There's coal under the mountains
C majorC G+G E MajorE
And gold in them there pills
FF C majorC E7E7
If living here don't kill you
A minorAm
The medicine will
Verse 3:
C majorC A minorAm
Well these are good God-fearing people
C majorC A minorAm
Just doing the best they can
FF C majorC
And if the devil's in the details
E7E7 A minorAm
Then hell's in milligrams
Verse 4:
FF G+G C majorC
For every family visitation
FF C majorC E7E7
Sons and daughters gone too soon
FF C majorC
The drugstore and the undertaker
E7E7 A minorAm
The only businesses that boom
Chorus:
C majorC FF
There's coal under the mountains
C majorC G+G E MajorE
And gold in them there pills
FF C majorC E7E7
If living here don't kill you
A minorAm
The medicine will
Solo:
A minorAm C majorC A minorAm C majorC A minorAm FF G+G
Bridge:
C majorC A minorAm
Now it's all broken dreams and plywood
C majorC A minorAm
Up and down these haunted streets
FF C majorC
Even the bar where we all used to go
E7E7 A minorAm
I guess even whiskey can't compete
Pre-chorus:
FF C majorC
But I believe way down below us
FF C majorC E7E7
Deeper than that mine shaft runs
FF C majorC
There's a place for those who did this to us
E MajorE E7E7 A minorAm G+G
And it's hotter than the sun
Chorus:
C majorC FF
There's coal under the mountains
C majorC G+G E MajorE
And gold in them there pills
FF C majorC E7E7
If living here don't kill you
A minorAm
The medicine will
Outro:
C majorC A minorAm C majorC