Verse 1EmGDAA(7)
Now God made coal for the men who sold their lives to West Van Lear
EmGDA
And you keep on diggin' 'til you get down there where it's darker than your darkest
A(7)
fear.
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And that woman in the kitchen tries to keep on cookin' but she ain't had meat in years
EmGDAA(7)
Just live off bread and live off hope and a pool of a million tears.
EmGDAA(7)
Now lemme tell you somethin' 'bout the Gospel and make sure that you mark it down
EmGDAA(7)
When God spoke out "Let there be light" he put the first of us in the ground.
EmGDAA(7)
And we'll keep on diggin' 'til the comin' of the lord and Gabriel's trumpet sound
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'Cause if you ain't minin' for the company boy then there ain't much in this town.
ChorusEmGD
We coulda made somethin' of ourselves out there if we'd listened to the folks that
AA(7)
knew
EmGDAA(7)
That co------ooooo------oal's gonna bury you.
Solo
Verse 2EmGDAA(7)
Now it's darker than a dungeon and it's deeper than a well
EmGDAA(7)
So sometimes I imagine that I'm getting pretty close to hell.
EmGDAA(7)
And in my darkest hour, I cry out to the lord.
EmGDAA(7)
He says keep on 'a minin' boy cause that's why you were born.
ChorusEmGD
We coulda made somethin' of ourselves out there if we'd listened to the folks that
AA(7)
knew
EmGDAA(7)
That co------ooooo------oal's gonna bury you.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.