Miner Imperfections Chords

[Verse 1]
   G
He wasn't one to talk much
     D
When we poured off to school
        Em                C                   G
I could never tell what's runnin' through his mind
        G                  D
It'd be three more hours until those halls are full
    Em               D               Cadd9
But long walls don't run on nine to five
  D
I didn't get it then
      Cadd9                G
Every day that man would fight
D                   Cadd9         D
Punch the clock and make it home alive
 
 
[Chorus]
         C          G
He's got miner imperfections
D               G
Blame it on his roots
C         G
Callouses on his hands
D
Coal dust on his boots
         C             G
He's not one for conversation
D                    G
When there's work to do
C              G
Papaw said get paid in cash
D
Company script's a noose
     Em               D               Cadd9
Them city folks would shame him if he let them
  Cadd9               D           G
But he's proud of his miner imperfections
 
|(G)   | D    | Em D | G    |
 
 
[Verse 2]
G
Years went by and I grew up
    D
His brown hair faded white
   Em               C            G
He somehow picks up every time I call
G                                 D
Moved me in and bailed me out and shared all he knows about
     Em            D             Cadd9
Like how to pair a diamond to a girl
         D                 Cadd9             G
His hard edges cut me deep when I was just a boy
  D                                Cadd9              D
I saw his face light up when those grandchildren were born
 
 
[Chorus]
         C          G
He's got miner imperfections
D               G
Blame it on his roots
C         G
Callouses on his hands
D
Coal dust on his boots
         C             G
He's not one for conversation
D                    G
When there's work to do
C             G
He told me do what you love
D
Misery's a noose
     Em               D               Cadd9
Them city folks would shame him if he let them
    Cadd9            D          G
But I'm proud of his miner imperfections
 
|(G)   | D    | Em D | G    |
 
 
[Bridge]
D
I don't mine no coal
       Cadd9                  G
But my collar's still stained blue
   D                              Cadd9         G
My kids looked up at me the way I looked at him
D                             Cadd9            G
For those little ones there's nothin' I won't do
  D            Cadd9         D
I hope one day they can understand
 
 
[Chorus]
         C            G
I've got miner imperfections
    D               G
I'm proud of my roots
    C          G
And callouses on my hands
D
Singin' to a room
        C             G
I'm not one for conversation
     D                G
When I've got work to do
  C               G
I tell my kids do what you love
    D
And papaw told me too
     Em                D                Cadd9
Them city folks try to shame me now and then, don't mind them
   Cadd9         D          Em    D
I'm proud of my miner imperfections
 
 
[Outro]
    C           D          G
I'm proud of my miner imperfections
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