Kentucky Coal Miner's Prayer chords by
Aaron Watson

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Key: D major•

Verse 1

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Deep in the mountain of

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Harlan County

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Employed by the Cumberland

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coal company

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The pay is short, the days are long

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But our labor union laws

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are coming on strong

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So I drink this whiskey for my throat

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Wear my hard hat

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and weathered coat

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Early every morning I stand in line

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Waiting to work these Kentucky coal mines

Verse 3

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We enter the shaft around five thirty

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With two dozen hands, cold,

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callused and dirty

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We'll dig through a mil lion tons

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of rock and clay

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And we'll still be dig ging

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at the end of the day

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Down on our knees we confess our sins

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And pray that the roof above don't cave in

Verse 4

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So bless our hearts and save or souls

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And the air we breathe down

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in the devil's hole

F#m

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Just last week when the the ceiling fell

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The explosion trapped us

in the depths of hell

Verse 5

F#m

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The weight of the earth took

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poor Tucker's life

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Leaving behind a hungry baby and wife

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We dug out with our shovels

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and picks

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But soon enough the black lung

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disease will make us sick

Verse 6

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So bless our hearts and save or souls

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And the air we breathe down

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in the devil's hole

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I work deep in the mountains

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of eastern Kentucky

Verse 7

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I know if I leave Harlan alive

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I'll be more than lucky

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Wish I could go to Texas and

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plant some cottonseed

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But moving takes money and I've

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got three mouths to feed

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So I drink this whiskey for my throat

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Wear my hard hat and weathered coat

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Early every morning I stand in line

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Waiting to work another Kentucky coal mine

Outro 1

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