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A Mighty Wind - Blood On The Coal

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...BLOOD ON THE COAL... by The Folksmen
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Intro:

Dm  

Verse 1:   

       Dm              C          C/B 
It was April 27 in the year of 91
       Am                             Dm
Bout a mile below the surface and the warm kentucky sun
    Dm                            C                    C/B
The late shift was ending and the early shift was late.
    Am                            Dm
The foreman ate his dinner from a dirty tin plate

Chorus 1:

Dm                    C                 C/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, 
Am                           Dm
 Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. 
Dm           C                 
 Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, 
C/B     Am                     Dm
 Now in mine number 60 there's blood on the coal, 
                                C    C/B  Am
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.

Verse 2:

    Dm                             C     C/B 
The slag pits were steamin' it was 7:25, 
      Am                                Dm
Every miner worked the coal face, every one of them alive
    Dm                                     C                    C/B
The train came round the corner, you could hear the tressel groan, 
        Am                             Dm
But the switcher wasn't listnin' so he left the switch alone!

Chorus 2:

Dm                    C                 C/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, 
Am                           Dm
 Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. 
Dm           C                 
 Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, 
C/B     Am                     Dm
 Now in mine number 60 there's blood on the coal, 
                                C    C/B  Am
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.

Verse 3:

         Dm                             C                C/B 
Well the walls began to tremble and the men began to yell
           Am                                  Dm
They could hear that lonesome whistle, like an echo out of...well
     Dm                                     C                  C/B 
They dropped their picks and shovels, as to safety they did run
       Am                           Dm
For to stay among the living in the year of ninety-one

Chorus 3:

Dm                    C                 C/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, 
Am                           Dm
 Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. 
Dm           C                 
 Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, 
C/B     Am                     Dm
 Now in mine number 60 there's blood on the coal, 
                                C    C/B  Am
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.

Verse 4:

   Dm                               C                    C/B
An Irishman named Murphy said "I'll stop that iron horse!" 
        Am                                   Dm
And he stood to athwart it's passage, and it crushed him dead of course.
      Dm                                     C            C/B
And I hope he hears the irony when e're this tale is told, 
    Am                                   Dm
The train that took his life was burning good Kentucky coal, (Hey!)

Chorus 4:

Dm                    C                 C/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, 
Am                           Dm
 Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. 
Dm           C                 
 Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, 
C/B     Am                     Dm
 Now in mine number 60 there's blood on the coal, 
                                C    C/B  Am
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Dm       C      C/B     Am       
 
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  
 xx0231  x32010  x2001x  x02210  


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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A Mighty Wind - Blood On The Coal

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