A Mighty Wind - Blood On The Coal chords by Soundtracks

Intro:

Dm

Verse 1:

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It was April 27, in the year of 91,

    Am                Dm
Bout a mile below the surface and the warm Kentucky sun.

   Dm                C           C/B
The late shift was ending, and the early shift was late,

   Am                Dm
The foreman ate his dinner, from a dirty tin plate.

Chorus 1:

 Dm            C          C/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,

 Am                Dm
 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.

       C          C/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,

    Am             Dm
Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,

                 C   C/B   Am
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 2:

      Dm                 C    C/B
Well, the slag pits were steamin', it was 7:25,

    Am                  Dm
Every miner worked the coal face; every one of them alive.

   Dm                    C            C/B
The train came round the corner; you could hear the trestle groan,

     Am                 Dm
But the switcher wasn't listnin', so he left the switch alone!


Chorus 2:

 Dm            C          C/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,

 Am                Dm
 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.

       C          C/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,

    Am             Dm
Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,

                 C   C/B   Am
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 3:

      Dm                C          C/B
Well, the walls began to tremble and the men began to yell,

      Am                   Dm
They could hear that lonesome whistle, like an echo out of...well.

   Dm                    C           C/B
They dropped their picks and shovels, as to safety they did run,

    Am                 Dm
For to stay amongst the living, in the year of ninety-one.


Chorus 3:

 Dm            C          C/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,

 Am                Dm
 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.

       C          C/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,

    Am             Dm
Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,

                 C   C/B   Am
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 4:

     Dm                  C            C/B
Now, an Irishman named Murphy said; "I'll stop that iron horse!"

    Am                   Dm
And he stood to athwart it's passage and it crushed him dead of course.

    Dm                C            C/B
And I hope he hears the irony, when e're this tale is told,

   Am                   Dm
The train that took his life was burning good Kentucky coal. (Hey!)


Chorus 4:

 Dm            C          C/B
 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,

 Am                Dm
 Brothers and sisters, what a terrible time.

       C          C/B
Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,

    Am             Dm
Now in mine number 60, there's blood on the coal,

                C  Am, Dm
Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 xx0231 x32010 x20010 x02210


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)