The Kingston Trio – Coal Tattoo chords

[Intro]
Em   Em  Em


[Verse 1]
Em                  D        EmTravelin down that coal town road.
Em               D            EmListenin to my rubber tires whine.
Em                     D         EmGoodbye to Buckeye and bright Sycamore.
Em           D      EmI'm leavin' you be-hind.
G                    D          GI've been coal miner all of my life.
G           D            C  DLayin' down track in the hole.
      G                     C          GGotta back like an ironwood, bent by the wind.
G          D           EmBlood veins blue as the coal.
C           D           EmBlood veins blue as the coal.

[Verse 2]
Em                        D          EmSomebody said, "That's a strange tattoo
 Em               D            Emyou have on the side of your head."
Em                            D          EmI said,"That's the blueprint left by the coal.
        Em              D         EmJust a little more and I'd been dead.
    G                       D        GWell, I love the rumble and love the dark.
G          D            C DI love the cool of the slate,
         G                        C           GAnd it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job.
       G      D        EmThis travelin' nook in my head.



[Verse 3]
Em                        D          EmI stood for the union  walked in the line
 Em                  D    Emfought against the company.
Em                    D     EmI stood for the U. M. W. of A.
     Em          D        EmNow, whos gonna stand by me?
      G                 D      GI've got no house and I got no pay,
 G          D      C DJust got a worried soul
      G                  C           GAnd a blue tattoo on the side of my head
 G           D           EmLeft by the number nine coal.
 C           D           EmLeft by the number nine coal.


[Verse 4]
Em              D       EmSome day when I die and go
   Em            D           EmTo heaven, the land of my dreams.
   Em                       D       EmI wont have to worry 'bout losin my job,
    Em             D     EmTo bad times and big machines.
    G                D     GI ain't gonna pay my money away
   G       D         C DOn dues or hospital plans.
     G                       C            GI'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll
     G            D      EmAnd sing with the angels band.


[Outro]
   G                D     GI ain't gonna pay my money away
   G       D         C DOn dues or hospital plans.
     G                       C            GI'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll
     G            D      EAnd sing with the angels band.