^AmWhen I was a ^Gcurly headed ^Ambaby, my daddy sat me ^Gdown upon his ^Amknee. He said, boy, you go to ^Gschool and learn your ^Amletters. Don't you ^Fbe a dirty ^Gminer, like ^Amme.

I was ^Gborn and raised in the mouth of the Hazard ^AmHollow. ^GCoal cars rambled past my ^Amdoor. Now they standing in a ^Grusty row, all e^Ammpty. And the ^FL & N; don't ^Gstop here a^Amnymore.

I ^Amused to think my ^Gdaddy was a ^Amblack man, with script enough to ^Gbuy the company ^Amstore. Now he goes dow^Gntown with empty ^Ampockets. And his ^Fface is white as a ^GFebruary ^Amsnow.

I was^G born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard^Am Hollow. ^GCoal cars rambled past my ^Amdoor. Now they standing in a ^Grusty row, all e^Ammpty. And the ^FL & N; don't ^Gstop here a^Amnymore.

Last ^Amnight I dreamed I ^Gwent down to the coal^Am yard, to draw my pay ^Glike I always did ^Ambefore. But them old kudzu vines were ^Gcoming through the ^Amwindow. And l^Feaves and grass were growing^G through the f^Amloor.

I was^G born and raised in the mouth of the Hazard^Am Hollow. ^GCoal cars rambled past my ^Amdoor. Now they standing in a ^Grusty row, all e^Ammpty. And the ^FL & N; don't ^Gstop here a^Amnymore.