Key: D minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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In The Coal
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Diamonds In The
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Coal
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My name is jackson jameson,
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a coal miner by trade
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From a part of pennsylvania even
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jesus couldn't save
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It's nowhere in par ticular but
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everywhere in general
Verse 2
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we have the right to choose
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But they never mention those of us
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whose opinions aren't used
Verse 3
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Well, the big flood came in
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'72 and tore the railroad bridges down
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Washed away our only means of
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getting shipments out of town
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And the government won't
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subsidize rebuilding the central line
So there's barroom fights and anthracite
and loads of extra time
Verse 4
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History says americans,
we have the right to choose
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But they never mention those
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of us whose opinions aren't used
Chorus
Verse 5
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There's diamonds in
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the coal everybody ignores
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A man never finds what
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he ain't looking for
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A tree only grows if you
Verse 6
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The people left like rainwater flowing
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through an open drain
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But here i sit too proud to admit
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Now, the monuments at gettysburg
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keep the tourists going there
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But we died too slow and quietly
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Verse 7
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says americans,
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But they never mention those of
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us whose opinions aren't used
Chorus
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