{"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":2711268,"song":"Coal Tattoo","artist":"Billy Edd Wheeler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11527599-coal-tattoo-chords-by-billy-edd-wheeler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2711268?type=chord","rating":4.64261,"votes":21,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n                      \r\n[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]G[/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 white Sycamore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm leavin' you behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've been a 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 ho-ole[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGot a 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]C[/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]G[/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 be dead\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I love the rumble and I 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 sla-ate[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it's goin' down the new road, lookin' for a job[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis travelin' and lookin' I hate[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've stood for the union, walked in the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/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\nStood for the U.M.W. of A.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow, who's gonna stand for 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 so-oul[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd this 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[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLeft by the number nine coal[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomeday when I die and go[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/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 won't have to worry on losin' my job[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo bad times or big machines[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm not goin' to pay my money away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor dues or hospital pla-ans[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/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 angel band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm not goin' to pay my money away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor dues or hospital pla-ans[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna pick coal while blue heavens roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with the angel band[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm G D Bm Am G Am Em D Em\n                      \n[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\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Em","G","D","Bm","Am","C","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}