{"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":1934457,"song":"Coal Tattoo","artist":"Johnny Staats","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11432625-coal-tattoo-chords-by-johnny-staats/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1934457?type=chord","rating":4.72526,"votes":12,"content":"[Verse 1] \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTravelin down that coal town road. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nListenin to my rubber tires whine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGoodbye to Buckeye and bright Sycamore. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm leavin' you be-hind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nI've been coal miner all of my life. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nLayin' down track in the hole.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGotta back like an ironwood, bent by the wind. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlood veins blue as the coal. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlood veins blue as the coal.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomebody said, \"That's a strange tattoo [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nyou have on the side of your head.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI said,\"That's the blueprint left by the coal. [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust a little more and I'd been dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nWell, I love the rumble and love the dark. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nI love the cool of the slate,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]          \r\nBut it's goin down that new road, lookin for a job. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis travelin lookin I hate. (2x)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3] \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stood for the union  walked in the line[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfought against the company.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stood for the U. M. W. of A.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow, whos gonna stand by me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI've got no house and I got no pay, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust got a worried soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd a blue tattoo on the side of my head [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLeft by the number nine coal. (2x)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4] \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSome day when I die and go [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo heaven, the land of my dreams.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wont have to worry 'bout losin my job, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo bad times and big machines.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nI'm not gonna pay my money away[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn dues or hospital plans.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]           \r\nI'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm not gonna pay my money away[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn dues or hospital plans.     [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with the angels band.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with the angels band.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Em","C","D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}