[Intro] F  C  G  Am
        F  C  G  Am 

[Primeira Parte]

F                         C
Well you aint got no life anymore
G                       Am
Each day in a dark coal mine
F            C
Working away every day
G                               Am
With your wife and kids on your mind
F                                        C
You wake up in the morning and grab your hard hat
G                           Am
Pray that you make it back home
F                         C
Your body is aching and you just can't take it
G                        Am
Mining that dark black coal

[Refrão]

F               C
Dark black coal take my soul
G               Am
Owe it to you anyways
F                          C
Just don't let my children become the victims
G                     Am
Of the mountains evil ways

( F  C  G  Am )

[Segunda Parte]

F                          C
And you miss being younger a boy with a hunger
G                         Am
To get far away from this town
F                  C
You never knew how or why or when
G                            Am
Just knew that you'd make it somehow
F                  C
Now 20 years older shoulder to shoulder
G                             Am
With boys who we're just like you
F                    C
Spending their lives underground
G                          Am
Proving their collars are blue

[Refrão]

F               C
Dark black coal take my soul
G             Am
Owe it to you anyways
F                          C
Just don't let my children become the victims
G                     Am
Of the mountains evil ways
F               C
Dark black coal take my soul
G             Am
Owe it to you anyways
F                          C
Just don't let my children become the victims
G                     Am
Of the mountains evil ways

[Final] F  C  G  Am