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Coal Tattoo by Kathy Mattea
Coal Tattoo
Am F
Travelin’ on down the coal town road
Well somebody said that’s a strange tattoo
Someday when I’m dead and gone
G Am
Listenin’ to my rubber tires whine
You have on the side of your head
To heaven the land of my dreams
Am F
Goodbye to Buckeye, White Sycamore
I said, that’s a blue mark left by the coal
I won’t have to worry about losing my job
G Am
I leaving you behind
Little more and I’d been dead.
To bad time and big machines
F G
Oh, I’ve been a coal miner all my life
I love the rumble, I love the dark
Oh! I got no house Lord I got no job
F G
Laying down track in a hole
Lord, I love the cool of the slate
Just got a worried soul
Am F
Got a back like ironwood, bent by the wind
But it’s going down that new road lookin’ for a job
And a blue tattoo on the side of my head
G Am
Blood veins as blue as the coal
Travelin’ and lookin’ I hate
Left by that number 9 coal
G Am
Blood veins as blue as the coal
Travelin’ and lookin’ I hate
Left by that number 9 coal
Left by that number 9 coal
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version 2
CAPO: 1st Fret
INTRO: Am
Travelling on down that coal town road
F G Am
Listen to my rubber tires whine
Goodbye to Buckeye and White Sycamore
F G Am
I'm leaving you behind
C G C
Oh, I've been a coal miner all of my life
G F G
Laying down track in a hole__
Am
Got a back like ironwood, bit by the wind
F G Am
Blood veins as blue as the coal
F G Am
Blood veins as blue as the coal
INTERLUDE: Am F G Am
Well, somebody said, "That's a strange tattoo
F G Am
You have on the side of your head."
I said, "That's a blue mark left by the coal
F G Am
A little more and I'd have been dead
C G C
Oh, I love the rumble and I love the dark
G F G
Lord, I love the cool of the sled__
Am
But it's going down that blue road, looking for a job
F G Am
Travelling and looking ahead
F G Am
Travelling and looking ahead
INSTRUMENTAL: Am F G Am F G Am
C G C G F G Am F G Am F G Am
Some day when I'm dead and gone
F G Am
To heaven, the land of my dreams
I won't have to worry about losing my job
F G Am
To bad times and big machines
C G C
Oh, I've got no house, lord, I've got no job
G F G
Just got a worried soul___
Am
And a blue tattoo on the side of my head
F G Am
Left by the number nine coal
F G Am
Left by the number nine coal
OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)
Am F G Am F G Am
C G C G F G Am F G Am F G Am
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