{"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":2315217,"song":"Coal Mountain","artist":"Eden Prairie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11482865-coal-mountain-chords-by-eden-prairie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2315217?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went to the funeral of my old man today[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe urn that he came home in was a charcoal shade of grey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe wanted his ashes spread across the prairies of the USA[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause he loved John Wayne, the American dream but he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnever made it out that way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpent his whole damn life working for the man at the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\npower plant driving coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe shoveled that shit from a mountain high and that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nmountain broke his soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was driving coal when I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he drove it until he was gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand the only time he hit me was when I asked him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfor a job - driving coal[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd that coal mountain blocks the sun from my window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStanding in the horizon so stern and strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe coal mountain, within five miles of it nothing grows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've lived in the shadow of that mountain all my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll my life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the service it was simple just the kind he would have liked[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Mama wept as she read those words about[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe dying of the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat same night the snow came down and for[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\na moment it was all white[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the ash in the air turns everything here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\ngrey like that mountainside[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when we got to who gets what[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt sure turned ugly enough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne grey morning Mama left the house in her robe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n- and she never came home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd that coal mountain blocks the sun from my window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStanding in the horizon so stern and strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe coal mountain, within five miles of it nothing grows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've lived in the shadow of that mountain all my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll my life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis ashes never made it to prairies of the USA[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nVisas are a nightmare and getting harder every day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInstead I went in the dead of night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBuried the urn in the mountain side[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid: \"Here it stops\", poured some whiskey on top[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand left them both - I left them both behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the coal mountain blocks the moonlight from the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDisappearing in the horizon as I go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe coal mountain, within five miles of it nothing grows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI won't live in its shadow for a moment more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI won't live in its shadow for a moment more[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  G  F  C\nC  G  F  C\nC  G  F  C\nF  C  G  G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nC  G  F  C\nC  G  F  C\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G","F","Am"],"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]},"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]}}}