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Coalminers chords by Uncle Tupelo

  • Dm

  • C

  • Em

  • A

  • Asus4

Verse 1
Dm
Come, all you coalminers
Wherever you may be
And listen to the story
That I relate to thee
My name is nothing extra
C
Em
But the truth to you I tell
Dm
I am a coalminer
A
Asus4
Dm
And I'm sure I wish you well
Verse 2
Dm
I was born in old Kentucky
In a coal camp, born and bred
I know about old beans
Bulldog gravy and cornbread
I know how the miners work and slave
C
In the coalmines every day
Dm
For a dollar in the company store
A
Dm
For that is all they pay

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Verse 3
Dm
Mining is the most dangerous work
In our land today
Plenty of dirty, slaving work
For very little pay
Coalminers, won't you wake up
C
And open your eyes and see
Em
Dm
What this dirty capitalist system
A
Dm
Has done to you and me
Verse 4
Dear miners, they will slave you
Until you can't work no more
And what will you get for your labor but a dollar
in the company store
A tumbledown shack to live in
C
Dm
Snow and rain pouring through the top and you have to pay
A
Dm
the company rent and your payments will never stop
Verse 5
Dm
They take our very lifeblood
They take our children's lives
Take fathers away
from children
Take husbands away from wives
coalminers, won't you organize
C
Wherever you may be
Dm
And make this a land of freedom
Asus4
A
Dm
For workers, like you and me
Verse 6
Dm
I am a coalminer
C
Em
And I'm sure I wish you well
Dm
Let's sink this capitalist
system
A
Dm
To the darkest pits of hell
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