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Black Gold chords by 
Merle Travis 
N/A•
Key: C minor•BPM: 55
Verse 1
Am
He walks by slightly bent forward
with his hands clasped behind his back,
for he's a coal miner.
E
You couldn't guess his age.
Am
He may be thirty and appear
to be fifty.
E
Am
He's a coal miner.
He neither loves nor hates his work.
He's spent endless hours,
hundreds of feet beneath the earth,
F
as he toils in the dark dan
B
gerous dampness,
E
Am
C
he awaits another view of daylight.
Am
E
He'll fol low this cycle
C#
E
until his mortal life is spent
D
Am
E
and then his remains will wait for the eons
Eb
D
E
to change him to the cold that he's
faced all the days of his adult life.
Am
E
Perhaps in another age
Am
someone will ironically refer to
E
his remains as black gold,
Am
E
Am
for he too will be a coal miner.
There's a breed of man
that I know well,
F
E
Am
cause we are kith and kin.
From the pearly gates to
the brink of hell,
F
E
Am
you'll find these certain men.
E
C
G
Their youth flies fast, and then alas,
C
E
Before their time they're old,
Am
E
They've sacrificed all the time
Am
C
F
C
Am
E
that's passed for cold.
Am
E
Am
E
A certain mark on all these men
F
E
Am
Of some sort is in view
For black coal dust beneath the skin
E
F
E
Am
Will leave a scar of blue
C
G
So on his hands are a pallid face,
C
E
The tale in part is told,
Am
E
Am
E
C
How he has labored at the face of coal,
F
C
F
Bb
C
F
E
Black gold.
Am
As these men labor at their craft
E
Am
E
Am
Like snails the hours creep by
C
Am
Oh, hear their empty, hollow laugh
F
E
Am
A laugh that hides a cry
C
G
But not a cry that brings a tear,
C
E
Each man is brave and bold,
Am
Or he would not be
E
C
diggin' here for coal,
F
C
F
E
Am
F
E
Black gold.
Am
C
Am
There's a breed of man that I know well
E
Am
E
Am
A man black gold allures
E
Am
E
Am
And more than human tongue can tell
F
E
Am
Are hardships he en dures
E
C
G
Each line upon his face
C
E
engraved from nature's special mold
Am
The man who sweated,
G
C
F
worked and slaved for coal
C
Black gold
Thank
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