Coal Tattoo

F#m7 D F#m7 A E F#m7 D F#m Travelling down this coal town road A E F#m Listening to my rubber tires whine D F#m Good-bye to buckeye and white sycamore A E F#m I'm leaving you behind A E A I've been a coal man all my life E D E Laying down track in the hole A Got a back like an ironwood, D A Warped by the wind, D E F#m F#m7 Blood veins as blue as the coal Dadd9 E F#m Blood veins as blue as the coal D F#m Somebody said "That's a strange tattoo A E F#m F#m7 You have on the side of your head" D F#m I said "That's the blueprint left by the coal A E F#m A little more and I'd be dead" A E A Well, I love the rumble and I love the dark E D E I love the cool of the slate A D A But this travelling around, looking for a job D E F#m Travelling and looking I hate Dadd9 E F#m Travelling and looking I hate Dadd9 E F#m D E Dadd9 E F#m F#m7 Dadd9 E F#m D E Dadd9 E F#m F#m7 F#m D F#m I stood in line for the union A E F#m Fought against the company D F#m Stood for the U.M.W.A A E F#m Now who's gonna stand by me? A E A I got no job and I got no pay E D E I just got a weary soul A Dadd9 A And this blue tattoo on the side of my face D E F#m Left by the number nine coal D E F#m Left by the number nine coal Dadd9 E F#m Dadd9 E F#m F#m7 Dadd9 E F#m Dadd9 E F#m F#m7 Dadd9 F#m Someday, when I'm dead and gone A E F#m To heaven, the land of my dreams Dadd9 F#m I won't have to worry on losing my job A E F#m To hard times and big machines A E A And I ain't gonna pay my money away E D E On dues and hospital plans A D A I'm gonna pick coal, where the blue heaven's roll D E F#m And sing with the angel band D E F#m Sing with the angel band...