Verse: Dm C It was April 27 in the year of ninety-one Am Dm Bout a mile below the surface and the warm kentucky sun C The late shift was ending and the early shift was late. Am Dm The foreman ate his dinner on a dirty tin plateThe slag pits were steamin' it was seven twenty-five, Every miner worked the coal face, Every one of them alive The train came round the corner, You could hear the tressel groan, But the switcher wasn't listnin' so he left the switch alone! (Chorus) (Chorus) Now Irishman named Murphy said "I'll stop dat iron horse!" As he stood to thrwart it's passage, And it crushed him dead of course. And I hope he hears the irony when e're this tale is told, The train that took his life was burning good Kentucky coal, Hey!Dm C Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, Am Dm Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. C Old 97 went in the wrong hole, Am Dm Now in mine number sixty there's blood on the coal, C Am Blood on the coal, blood on the co-oal.Dm C Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, Am Dm Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. C Old 97 went in the wrong hole, Am Dm Now in mine number sixty there's blood on the coal, C Am Dm Blood on the coal, blood on the co--o----oal.