Old King Coal

	  		
verse 1 
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Many a man down in these here hills 
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Made a living off that old black gold 
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Now there ain't nothing but welfare and pills 
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And the wind never felt so cold 


verse 2 
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I'll be one of the first in a long long line 
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Not to go down from that old black lung 
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My death will be slower than the rest of my kind 
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And my life will be sadder than the songs they all sung 

 
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Old King Coal what are we gonna do 
                                B7     E    E/F#  E/G# 
When the mountains are gone and so are you 



Bridge 
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They come from the city to lend a hand 
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Carrying signs saying, "Shut the mines down" 
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We ain't looking for pity and you don't un  -  der - stand 
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So go back to your city now cause this ain't your town 


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verse 3 
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My Great Grandfather spent his days in a coal mine 
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And his nights on the porch in a chair 
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Now he's in heaven and down here in hell 
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The rivers run muddy and the moun - tains  are   bare 


A                      E 
Old King Coal what are we gonna do 
                                B7     E    E/F#  E/G# 
When the mountains are gone and so are you 
A                      E 
Old King Coal what are we gonna do 
                                B7     E 
When the mountains are gone and so are you