{"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":2831947,"song":"Coal Headstone","artist":"Coal Town Rounders","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11642237-coal-headstone-chords-by-coal-town-rounders/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2831947?type=chord","rating":0.1637,"votes":0,"content":"Capo 5\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy the time they heard the timber crack there was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nnothing they could do except[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWonder 'bout the ones they left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe groans of the dyin' left[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nRinging in my head it was a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\ncold day in the spring of fourty nine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell the coal company came and they[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ndug out all the rubble, but I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nStill can wash the black shit off my face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's so hard to find a job, with a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWage that I can live on if I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\ndie someone else will take my place[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease dont bury me as deep as the coal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKeep me closer to the sunshine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be happy when they lay me to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFar away from that Parish County mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell they left the dead on the front porch his last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ndpaycheck in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust enough to put him in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYoung wife and his kids must[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ntry to get along you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKnow she aint the first one in this town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt ain't the darkness or the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDampness in my bones nor the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\npain that makes me lie awake at night, it's the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThought that this migh be my[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nveery last tomorrow and that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthis kiss might be my last good bye[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease dont bury me as deep as the coal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKeep me closer to the sunshine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be happy when they lay me to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFar away from that Parish County mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease dont bury me as deep as the coal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKeep me closer to the sunshine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be happy when they lay me to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFar away from that Parish County mine[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 5\n\n[Intro]\nAm Dm Am E Am\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nAm Dm Am E Am\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Dm","E","C","G"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}