Coal Country Chords

[Intro]
(relative to capo 2)
    [         A shape on 7th fret                 ] [6-4-2 walk]    [         G shape         ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|
b|--7-------10-8-7--------7------7h8-7--------------------------------3------3--------------3--|   D
G|--7---7----------9p7----7--7---------9--7---6------6h7-6-4-2--------0---0------0------0------| Im going...
D|--0----0-------------9------9------------------7----------------------0------0------0--------|
A|------------------------------------------0-----0------------------------2-------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------3-------------3-----3----|
                           repeat 2x into verse and after first chorus.
 
[Verse 1]
  D               A      G
I'm going down to Charleston
            D             A                  G
Through the shadow of the mountains this road winds
        D                A                     G
Through closed-up towns, forgotten dreams, and welcome signs
               Bm     A G
Fading far behind
           D
Coal Country
 
[Verse 2]
    D                A        G
I'm thankful for the sons who died
D                       A      G
Didn't back down from a Federal fight
          D                       A           G
Where the lead lies still and the smoke still rises
                     Bm     A  G
On the Blair mountainside
            D
Coal Country
 
[Chorus]
         G               D
It put a roof over my head
        A                           Bm
And the armor on the tanks in Normandy
         A       G                           D
The lights shone bright in the hands of its care
         A7                             Bm
From the western skies to Washington D.C
    A       G                 D
Now it lies broken, high, and cold
       A                    Bm      A G
In its grave of Appalachian stone---
NC
Coal Country
 
[Intro]
 
[Verse 3]
       D                      A      G
Now we don't need tokens to a company store
            D                     A        G
That's what government stamps and codeine's for
            D                        A        G
We may have won a few battles but we lost the war
                     Bm      A G
Now we're slaves and poor
            D
Coal Country
 
[Chorus]
         G            D
It put a roof over my head
        A7                       Bm
And the armor on the tanks in Normandy
                 G                          D
The lights shone bright in the hands of its care
         A                             Bm
From the western skies to Washington, D.C
    A       G                 D
Now it lies broken, high, and cold
        A7                 Bm     A G
In its grave of Appalachian stone
           D      G      (D single strum out)
Coal Country
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