Intro:  F  C  G  Am 
        F  C  G  Am  


[Verso 1]

F                         C 
Well you aint got no life anymore 
G                       Am 
Each day in a dark coal mine 
F            C 
Working away every day 
G                               Am 
With your wife and kids on your mind 
F                                        C 
You wake up in the morning and grab your hard hat 
G                           Am 
Pray that you make it back home 
F                         C 
Your body is aching and you just can't take it 
G                        Am 
Mining that dark black coal 


[Refrão]

F               C 
Dark black coal take my soul 
G               Am 
Owe it to you anyways 
F                          C 
Just don't let my children become the victims 
G                     Am 
Of the mountains evil ways 

( F  C  G  Am ) 


[Verso 2]

F                          C 
And you miss being younger a boy with a hunger 
G                         Am 
To get far away from this town 
F                  C 
You never knew how or why or when 
G                            Am 
Just knew that you'd make it somehow 
F                  C 
Now 20 years older shoulder to shoulder 
G                             Am 
With boys who we're just like you 
F                    C 
Spending their lives underground 
G                          Am 
Proving their collars are blue 


[Refrão]

F               C 
Dark black coal take my soul 
G             Am 
Owe it to you anyways 
F                          C 
Just don't let my children become the victims 
G                     Am 
Of the mountains evil ways 
F               C 
Dark black coal take my soul 
G             Am 
Owe it to you anyways 
F                          C 
Just don't let my children become the victims 
G                     Am 
Of the mountains evil ways 

Final: F  C  G  Am