{"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":2815658,"song":"Coal Tattoo","artist":"The Kingston Trio","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2815658-coal-tattoo-chords-by-the-kingston-trio/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2815658?type=chord","rating":4.38287,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTravelin down that coal town road.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nListenin to my rubber tires whine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGoodbye to Buckeye and bright Sycamore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/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]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/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]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]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomebody said, \"That's a strange tattoo[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nyou have on the side of your head.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI said,\"That's the blueprint left by the coal.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/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]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis travelin' nook in my head.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stood for the union  walked in the line[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfought against the company.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stood for the U. M. W. of A.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/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]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/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.[/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\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSome day when I die and go[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo heaven, the land of my dreams.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wont have to worry 'bout losin my job,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/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 ain't 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]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 angels band.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI ain't 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]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]E[/ch]\r\nAnd sing with the angels band.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm   Em  Em\n\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\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Em","D","G","C","A","E"],"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]},"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]}}}