Em  D  Em

[Verse 1]
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Oh when I was a curly-headed baby
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My daddy set me down upon his knee
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Said "Son you go to school, and learn your letters
      Bm                         Em
Don't be no dusty miner, like me"

[Chorus]
      D                                          Em
I was born and raised at the mouth of the Hazard Holler
D                                         Em
Coal cars roarin' and a'rumblin a'past my door
Em
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
        Bm                       Em
And the L & N don't stop here anymore

[Verse 2]
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I used to think my daddy was a black man
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With scrip enough to buy the company store
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But now he goes downtown with empty pockets
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And his face is white as February snow

[Chorus]
     D                                           Em
I was born and raised at the mouth of the Hazard Holler
D                                         Em
Coal cars roarin' and a'rumblin a'past my door
Em                  D             Em
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
        Bm                       Em
And the L & N don't stop here anymore

[Verse 3]
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Last night I dreamt I went down to the office
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To get my payday like I done before
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Them old kudzu vines had covered up the doorway
              Bm                                              Em
And there was trees and grass well a'growin right through the floor

[Instrumental]
Em  D  Em

[Verse 4]
   Em               D                Em
I never thought I'd live to love the coaldust
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Never thought I'd pray to hear the whistle roar
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But Lord how I wish that grass could change to money
     Bm                                Em
Them greenbacks filled my pockets once more

[Chorus]
      D                                          Em
I was born and raised at the mouth of the Hazard Holler
D                                         Em
Coal cars roarin' and a'rumblin a'past my door
Em                  D             Em
Now they stand in a rusty row of empties
        Bm                       Em
And the L & N don't stop here anymore