{"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":1797020,"song":"Lawrence Jones","artist":"Kathy Mattea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11395072-lawrence-jones-chords-by-kathy-mattea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1797020?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Kathy Mattea - Lawrence Jones\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nWell, the night is as thick as silence\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can't cut it with a knife[/tab]\r\n\r\nA man lies in the hospital\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDraining out his life[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe trucks are on the back road\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the dark the headlights shine[/tab]\r\n\r\n'Cause there's one man dead\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn that Harlan County line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, anger, like poison\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs eating at your soul[/tab]\r\n\r\nYour thoughts are loud as gunfire\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour face as hard as coal[/tab]\r\n\r\nBitterness, like buckshot\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nExplodes inside your mind[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd there's one man dead\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn that Harlan County line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOh, a miner's life is fragile\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt could shatter just like ice[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut those who bear the struggle\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHave always paid the price[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere's blood upon the contract\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike vinegar in wine[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd there's one man dead\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn that Harlan County line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFrom the river bridge at Highsplint\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo the Brookside railroad track[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou can feel the long strake building\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat can never be turned back[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe dead go forward with us\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNot one is left behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n'Cause there's one man dead\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nOn that Harlan County line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWell, the night is as cold as iron\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nYou can feel it in your bones[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt settles like a shroud upon\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nThe grave of Lawrence Jones[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe graveyard shift is walking\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nFrom the bathhouse into the mine[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd there's one man dead\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nOn that Harlan County line[/tab]\r\n\r\nOne man dead\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nOn that Harlan County line[/tab]\r\n\r\nOne miner dead\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nOn that Harlan County line[/tab]","plain_text":"Kathy Mattea - Lawrence Jones\n\n\n\n\nINTRO: Am7 Am     Am7 Am\n\n\nWell, the night is as thick as silence\n\n\nA man lies in the hospital\n\n\nThe trucks are on the back road\n\n\n'Cause there's one man dead\n\n\n\n\nOh, anger, like poison\n\n\nYour thoughts are loud as gunfire\n\n\nBitterness, like buckshot\n\n\nAnd there's one man dead\n\n\n\n\nOh, a miner's life is fragile\n\n\nBut those who bear the struggle\n\n\nThere's blood upon the contract\n\n\nAnd there's one man dead\n\n\n\n\nFrom the river bridge at Highsplint\n\n\nYou can feel the long strake building\n\n\nThe dead go forward with us\n\n\n'Cause there's one man dead\n\n\n\n\nWell, the night is as cold as iron\n\n\nIt settles like a shroud upon\n\n\nThe graveyard shift is walking\n\n\nAnd there's one man dead\n\n\nOne man dead\n\n\nOne miner dead","chords":["Am7","Am","C","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}