Coalminers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Dm]Come, all you coalminers
Wherever you may be
And listen to the story
That I relate to thee
My name is nothing extra
But the truth to you [C]I t[Em]ell
[Dm]I am a coalminer
And [A]I'm sure I [Asus4]wish you [Dm]well

[Verse 2]
I was born [Dm]in old Kentucky
In a coal camp, born and bred
I know about old beans
Bulldog gravy and cornbread
I know how the miners work and slave
In the [C]coalmines every day
[Dm]For a dollar in the company store
[A]For that is all they [Dm]pay

[Verse 3]
Mining [Dm]is the most dangerous work
In our land today
Plenty of dirty, slaving work
For very little pay
Coalminers, won't you wake up
And open your eyes [C]and see
[Em]What this [Dm]dirty capitalist system
[A]Has done to you [Dm]and me

[Verse 4]
Dear miners, they will slave you
Until you can't work no more
And what will you get for your labor but a dollar
in the company store
A tumbledown shack to live in
Snow and rain pouring [C]through the top [Dm]and you have to pay
the company rent and [A]your payments will never [Dm]stop

[Verse 5]
They take [Dm]our very lifeblood
They take our children's lives
Take fathers away
from children
Take husbands away from wives
coalminers, won't you organize
Wherever you may [C]be
[Dm]And make this a land of freedom
For work[Asus4]ers, like you and [A]me[Dm]

[Verse 6]
I am [Dm]a coalminer
And I'm sure I wish you [C]well[Em]
[Dm]Let's sink this capitalist
system
[A]To the darkest pits [Dm]of hell