{"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":2108687,"song":"Gettin In The Coal","artist":"Lake Fork Verne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11457690-gettin-in-the-coal-chords-by-lake-fork-verne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2108687?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Getting In the Coal\r\nValley Park, Mo.\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDad and I would bounce down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn a truck we had borrowed from the neighbors again[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn an early Sept- ember morn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo get a load of coal before winter set in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe truck would shudder and bounce[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs they funneled in the coal at the mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSmall chunks of nut coal it was called[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA lot of shoveling to do once it was hauled[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDad would back the truck up to basement window[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI pushed the heavy coal chute in[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe shoveled coal together all morning long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSliding the coal into the bin below[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShiny blue-black lumps of coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWould burn in the furnace this winter[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut right now, to get done was the goal[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd take the truck back to the neighbor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was a drag to me in my youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo have to do the chores and work that way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut now late in life, I know the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish I could shovel coal again with Dad today[/tab]","plain_text":"Getting In the Coal\nValley Park, Mo.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}