{"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":1897347,"song":"Old King Coal","artist":"Sturgill Simpson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11424212-old-king-coal-chords-by-sturgill-simpson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1897347?type=chord","rating":4.87261,"votes":36,"content":"\"Old King Coal\"\r\nSturgill Simpson\r\nHigh Top Mountain (2013)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nMany a man down in these here hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMade a living off that old black gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow there ain't nothing but welfare and pills[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the wind never felt so cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll be one of the first in a long long line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNot to go down from that old black lung[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy death will be slower than the rest of my kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nAnd my life will be sadder than the songs they all sung[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOld King Coal what are we gonna do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nWhen the mountains are gone and so are you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey come from the city to lend a hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nCarrying signs saying, \"Shut the mines down\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E/F#[/ch]   [ch]E/G#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe ain't looking for pity and you don't un  -  der - stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo go back to your city now cause this ain't your town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy Great Grandfather spent his days in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd his nights on the porch in a chair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow he's in heaven and down here in hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A/G#[/ch]   [ch]A/F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E/F#[/ch]   [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nThe rivers run muddy and the moun - tains  are   bare[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOld King Coal what are we gonna do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E/F#[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nWhen the mountains are gone and so are you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOld King Coal what are we gonna do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen the mountains are gone and so are you[/tab]","plain_text":"\"Old King Coal\"\nSturgill Simpson\nHigh Top Mountain (2013)\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA   E   E   B7  E\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","B7","E/F#","E/G#","A","A/G#","A/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}