Key: G major•
Intro 1
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D
Verse 1
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Em
Not so long ago,
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a young lady had a mountain to climb.
Gonna climb up this mountain
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Cause there's one thing I know
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My daddy's in this mountain
Digging Arkansas coal
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Yes, I hear my momma callin'
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I'll let her wait ten minutes more,
she'll be sore
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Cause I like to lay on the ground and listen
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To the sound of my daddy
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diggin' Arkansas coal
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was nine years old
And I know some day I'll
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Diggin', diggin' Arkansas,
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Arkansas cold
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C
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C
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Cold, Arkansas cold
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Married me a good man, back in 59
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Knew he was an Arkansas coal miner
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An d that suited me fine
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Got us a little daughter
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She's only eight years old
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Wishes she was a man
Like her daddy
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Diggin' Arkansas coal
Billy
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Billy, you got to go to school
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Billy, your mama and daddy
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Ain't gonna raise you no natural fool
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Am
natural fool
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Am
to an end
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Dm
Am
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Is it another cave -in?
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Ten thousand tons on my head
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I knew some day this would happen
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So this is how it feels to be dead
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be dead
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I'm going to climb up that mountain,
my daddy's in that mountain.
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TunerE A D G B E
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