{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1097244,"song":"Coal Tattoo","artist":"Chuck Ragan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11243634-coal-tattoo-chords-by-chuck-ragan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1097244?type=chord","rating":4.4188,"votes":5,"content":"This is Chuck Ragans cover of Coal Tattoo' originally done by Billy Ed Wheeler \r\nand covered by numerous artists through the years. This version however is mainly \r\nbased on Hazel Dickens version, a personal favourite of Chucks. On Capo 5. \r\nThis is the second upload because the spacing on the first one messed up. \r\n_______________________________________________________\r\nIntro (x2): [ch]Am[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], [ch]Am[/ch], [ch]C[/ch], \r\n [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1: \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTravelin down that coal town road. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nListenin to my rubber tires whine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGoodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm leavin' you behind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've been coal miner all of my life. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLayin' down track in the hole.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGotta back like an ironwood, bit by the wind. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlood veins blue as the coal. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBlood veins blue as the coal.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2: \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSomebody said, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"That's a strange tattoo you have on the side of your head.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI said, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n\"That's the blueprint left by the coal. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA little more and I'd been dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I love the rumble and I love the dark. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI love the cool of the shade,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's on down the new road, lookin for a job. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis travelin nook in my head. (Sometimes x2)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude: Intro Chords\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3: \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI stood for the union and walked in the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAnd fought against the company.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI stood for the U. M. W. of A.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow, whos gonna stand by me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've got no house and I got no job, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust got a worried soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a blue tattoo on the side of my head [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLeft by the number nine coal. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nLeft by the number nine coal.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4: \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome day when I'm dead and gone [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo heaven, the land of my dreams.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wont have to worry on losin my job, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn bad times and big machines.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI ain't gonna pay my money away [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn dues or hospital plans.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna cut coal where the blue heavens roll [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with the angel band.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with the angel band.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOutro:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with the angel band.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with the angel band.[/tab]","plain_text":"This is Chuck Ragans cover of Coal Tattoo' originally done by Billy Ed Wheeler \nand covered by numerous artists through the years. This version however is mainly \nbased on Hazel Dickens version, a personal favourite of Chucks. On Capo 5. \nThis is the second upload because the spacing on the first one messed up. \n_______________________________________________________\nIntro (x2): Am, C, Am, C, \n Am C, G, Am\n\nVerse 1: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude: Intro Chords\n\n\nVerse 3: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro:","chords":["Am","C","G","C/G","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}