Coal From The Train

G C G C C G C G I’ve worked this job since I was 15 Em C On this old steel liner running on steam C G C G Cutting through the woods to the mills stations and towns D/F# C Through the wind and rain beating down C G C G Got my share of problems that I won’t share Em C That’s just the way that it goes ’round here C G C G There’s food on our plates and clothes on our backs D/F# C That’s more than I can say for some folk along these tracks G C G Oooooh shovelin’ coal from this train G C G Oooooh shovelin’ coal from this train G C G C C G C G Before the sun rises I’m back in my boots Em C And I’m killing time with some old railway tune C G C G It’s been a long winter it’s been cold as hell D/F# C We’ll stop for lunch when the clock strikes twelve C G C G When the work gets tough the money stays the same Em C Yet we hold on to things that haven’t changed C G C G And for all the ones without a chance to give back D/F# C We do this job even though they never ask G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G Em G Sometimes I get mean when I’m a drinking not a man you want to cross G C G But I’ll not see a child go hungry or face a winter frost Em Am As we pass by these troubled shacks we try to ease their pain C D We dig those shovels way down deep no need to explain G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G C C G C G I’ve been retired now for a year Em C Still hear that engine ringing in my ears C G C G The train still smokes and that whistle blows D/F# C I watch my TV and sit here by the stove C G C G When I’m on my way into the liquor store Em C I run into folks taking money for the poor C G C G I reach in my pocket and dig for change D/F# C And hand it out no need to explain G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G Oooooh shoveling coal from this train G C G C G C G