Old King Coal chords by Sturgill Simpson

Chords with lyrics

"Old King Coal"
Sturgill Simpson
High Top Mountain (2013)


Verse 1:
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Many a man down in these here hills
            B7B7    E MajorE
Made a living off that old black gold
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Now there ain't nothing but welfare and pills
          B7B7   E MajorE
And the wind never felt so cold

Verse 2:
    E MajorE
I'll be one of the first in a long long line
             B7B7    E MajorE
Not to go down from that old black lung
  E MajorE
My death will be slower than the rest of my kind
                  B7B7       E MajorE  E/F#E/F# E/G#
And my life will be sadder than the songs they all sung


Chorus:
A augmentedA           E MajorE
Old King Coal what are we gonna do
                B7B7   E MajorE  E/F#E/F# E/G#
When the mountains are gone and so are you


Bridge:
   A augmentedA         E MajorE
They come from the city to lend a hand
                    B7B7
Carrying signs saying, "Shut the mines down"
     A augmentedA            E MajorE   E/F#E/F#  E/G# A augmentedA
We ain't looking for pity and you don't un - der - stand
   E MajorE              B7B7       E MajorE
So go back to your city now cause this ain't your town


Instrumental:
A augmentedA  E MajorE  E MajorE  B7B7 E MajorE


Verse 3:
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My Great Grandfather spent his days in a coal mine
           B7B7     E MajorE
And his nights on the porch in a chair
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Now he's in heaven and down here in hell
  B7B7            A augmentedA   A/G#  A/F# E MajorE   E/F#E/F#  E/G#
The rivers run muddy and the moun - tains are  bare


Chorus:
A augmentedA           E MajorE
Old King Coal what are we gonna do
                B7B7   E MajorE  E/F#E/F# E/G#
When the mountains are gone and so are you
A augmentedA           E MajorE
Old King Coal what are we gonna do
                B7B7   E MajorE