Billy Edd Wheeler – Coal Tattoo chords

[Intro]
Em

[Verse 1]

Em                  C         EmTravelin' down that coal town road.
 G              D            EmListenin' to my rubber tires whine.
Em                      C        EmGoodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore.
 G          D     EmI'm leavin' you behind.
G                     D         EmI've been coal miner all of my life.
Em          D            C DLayin' down track in the hole.
       G                     D          GGotta back like an ironwood, bit by the wind.
Em          D         EmBlood veins blue as the coal.
C           D         EmBlood veins blue as the coal.

[Verse 2]

Em                       C         EmSomebody said, "That's a strange tattoo
    G           D            Emyou have on the side of your head"
  Em                          C           EmI said, "That's the blueprint left by the coal.
  G               D        EmA little more and I'd been dead
    G                       D          EmWell, I love the rumble and I love the dark.
Em         D           C DI love the cool of the slade
         G                     D             GAnd it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job.
     C         D          EmThis travelin' nook in my head"

[Verse 3]

  Em                      C             EmI stood for the union and walked in the line
     G                  D     Em and fought against the company
  Em                  C     EmI stood for the U. M. W. of A.
     G           D         EmNow, who's gonna stand for me?
     G                  D      EmI've got no house and I got no pay,
Em         D       C Djust got a worried soul
         G               D          GAnd this blue tattoo on the side of my head
Em          D           Emleft by the number nine coal.
C           D           EmLeft by the number nine coal

[Verse 4]

Em             C       EmSomeday when I die and go
    G           D          Em to heaven, the land of my dreams
  Em                     C         EmI won't have to worry on losin' my job,
   G             D     Emon bad times and big machines
    G                D      EmI'm not gonna pay my money away
   Em      D        C Don dues or hospital plans
          G                   D            GI'm gonna pick coal where the blue heavens roll
    C             D     Emand sing with the angel band

[Outro]

    G                D      EmI'm not gonna pay my money away
   Em      D        C Don dues or hospital plans
          G                   D            GI'm gonna pick coal where the blue heavens roll
    Em            D     Emand sing with the angel band
    C             D     Emand sing with the angel band