Poets Of The West Virginia Mines chords by James Talley

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (D major) Beneath
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the snows  (G major) of Appalachia  (D major)  (E minor) 
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There  (D major) lies a  (E minor) million dollar prize  (D major) 
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Where  (E minor)  (D major) men will hunger  (G major) without glory
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 (D major) Some  (E minor) will live and some will die  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Down those smoky mountain canyons  (A major) 
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Hot  (E minor) rock diesel engines pine  (A major) 
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In  (E minor) the shacks and in the  (A major) cabins,
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you can  (E minor) hear a mountain
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lullaby.  (A major)  (Asus4) 
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 (A major) Fallen po (D major) ets of the  (E minor) West Virginia mines,  (D major) 
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Born to dream by  (E minor) yel low lantern lights  (D major) 
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Where your  (E minor) wo  men find
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there's no peace  (A major) of mind
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Noth (E minor) in' in the bank, not  (A major) much time
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Tell  (E minor) them boys you ain't
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afraid to  (A major) die  (Asus4)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Poets of  (A major) the West Virginia
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mines  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major) Now  (D major) life, it ain't an easy road  (G major) to  (D major) travel
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 (G major) When you're  (D major) born with
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coal  (G major) dust in your eyes  (D major) 
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 (G major) Soon  (D major) you're down in
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side  (G major) them  (D major) tunnels,
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before  (E minor) you even realize.  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Down there working like
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your  (A major) father,
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where the  (E minor) walls of darkness
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dance and  (A major) shine.
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And before  (E minor) you can question,
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it  (A major) worth it,
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you've  (E minor) been a miner all your  (A major) life.  (Asus4) 
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 (A major) And all them boys  (D major) of the  (E minor) West Virginia mind
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 (D major) Born to dream by  (E minor) yel low lantern light  (D major) 
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For your  (E minor) wo  men fine,
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there's no  (A major) peace of mind
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Nothin'  (E minor) in the bank, not  (A major) much time
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Tell  (E minor) them, boys,
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you ain't afraid to  (A major) die  (Asus4)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Poets of the  (A major) West,
Virginia mines
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Verse 2

So sing your songs into the darkness

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Lonely echoes to the night

Sing

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 (D major) your joys  (G major) and sing your  (D major) sorrows.
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 (G major) Sing  (E minor) until the morning light.  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Sing a ballad for the  (A major) miners.
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 (E minor) Sing a song and make it rhyme.  (A major) 
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Sing  (E minor) your song and tell a story  (A major) of the coal  (E minor) that
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gives the people life.  (A major)  (Asus4)  (G major)  (Asus4)  (A major) 
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Po (E minor) ets of the  (A major) West Virginia mines.  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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