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...BLOOD ON THE COAL... by The Folksmen -----------------------................ *from 'A Mighty Wind Original Soundtrack' (2003)* Intro: Dm Verse 1:
It was DmApril 27, in the Cyear of 91,C/B Bout a Ammile below the surface and the Dmwarm Kentucky sun. The Dmlate shift was ending, and the Cearly shift was late,C/B The Amforeman ate his dinner, from a Dmdirty tin plate.
Chorus 1:
Dm Blood on the tracks, Cblood in the mine,C/B Am Brothers and sisters, what a Dmterrible time. Ole 97 went Cin the wrong hole,C/B Now in Ammine number 60, there's Dmblood on the coal, Blood on the coal, blood on the Ccoal.C/B Am
Verse 2:
Well, the Dmslag pits were steamin', it was C7:25, C/B Every Amminer worked the coal face; every Dmone of them alive. The Dmtrain came round the corner; you could Chear the trestle groanC/B, But the Amswitcher wasn't listnin', so he Dmleft the switch alone!
Chorus 2:
Dm Blood on the tracks, Cblood in the mine,C/B Am Brothers and sisters, what a Dmterrible time. Ole 97 went Cin the wrong hole,C/B Now in Ammine number 60, there's Dmblood on the coal, Blood on the coal, blood on the Ccoal.C/B Am
Verse 3:
Well, the Dmwalls began to tremble and the Cmen began to yell,C/B They could Amhear that lonesome whistle, like an Dmecho out of...well. They Dmdropped their picks and shovels, as to Csafety they did run,C/B For to Amstay amongst the living, in the Dmyear of ninety-one.
Chorus 3:
Dm Blood on the tracks, Cblood in the mine,C/B Am Brothers and sisters, what a Dmterrible time. Ole 97 went Cin the wrong hole,C/B Now in Ammine number 60, there's Dmblood on the coal, Blood on the coal, blood on the Ccoal.C/B Am
Verse 4:
Now, an DmIrishman named Murphy said; "CI'll stop that iron horC/Bse!" And he Amstood to athwart it's passage and it Dmcrushed him dead of course. And I Dmhope he hears the irony, when Ce're this tale is told,C/B The Amtrain that took his life was burning Dmgood Kentucky coal. (Hey!)
Chorus 4:
Dm Blood on the tracks, Cblood in the mine,C/B Am Brothers and sisters, what a Dmterrible time. Ole 97 went Cin the wrong hole,C/B Now in Ammine number 60, there's Dmblood on the coal, C Am, Dm Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.
CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Dm C C/B Am EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0231 x32010 x20010 x02210 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)