Key: A major
Verse 1
A
E
D
A
It happened an hour ago,
D
A
Way down in this tunnel of coal,
D
A
Gas caught fire from somebody's
E
lamp.
Verse 2
D
A
Goodbye to the wife that I love.
A
blows.
Verse 3
D
A
Dear mother and father goodbye.
A
E
A
goodbye.
Verse 4
It looks like the end for me,
D
A
And all of my buddies I see.
We're all writing letters to
D
E
children we love,
Verse 5
D
A
Crawled and drug ourselves here.
D
E
But the smoke is bad and the fumes coming in,
Verse 6
D
A
Dear mother and father goodbye.
D
A
My fingers are weak and I cannot write,
A
E
A
goodbye.
Verse 7
Forgive me for the things I done wrong,
D
A
I love you lots more than you know.
Verse 8
E
A
That this never happens again.
Verse 9
Dear sisters and brothers goodbye,
D
A
Dear mother and father goodbye.
D
A
My fingers are weak and I cannot write,
E
A
Goodbye Centralia, goodbye.
Verse 10
D
A
But it sounds like the men are all gone,
'Cept Joe Valentini,
Fred Gussler and George,
Verse 11
D
A
So he'll grow up like big Joe.
He'll work and he'll fight and
E
A
So fire can't kill daddy no more.
Verse 12
Dear sisters and brothers goodbye,
D
A
Dear mother and father goodbye.
E
A
E
A
Goodbye Centralia, goodbye.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E D
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