Blood On The Coal by A Mighty Wind
Key: DmDm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro:
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Verse 1:
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It was April 27, in the year of 91,
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Bout a mile below the surface and the warm Kentucky sun.
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The late shift was Ending, and the early shift was late,
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The foreman ate his dinner, from a dirty tin plate.
Chorus 1:
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 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,
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 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.
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Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,
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Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,
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Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.
Verse 2:
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Well, the slag pits were steamin', it was 7:25,
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Every miner worked the coal face; every one of them alive.
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The train came round the corner; you could hear the trestle groan,
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But the switcher wasn't listnin', so he left the switch alone!
Chorus 2:
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 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,
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 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.
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Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,
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Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,
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Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.
Verse 3:
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Well, the walls began to tremble and the men began to yell,
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They could hear that lonesome whistle, like an echo out of...well.
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They dropped their picks and shovels, as to safety they did run,
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For to stay amongst the living, in the year of ninety-one.
Chorus 3:
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 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,
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 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.
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Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,
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Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,
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Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.
Verse 4:
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Now, an Irishman named Murphy said; "I'll stop that iron horse!"
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And he stood to athwart it's passage and it crushed him dead of course.
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And I hope he hears the irony, when e're this tale is told,
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The train that took his life was burning good Kentucky coal. (Hey!)
Chorus 4:
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 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,
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 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.
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Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,
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Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,
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Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.