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A Mighty Wind - Blood On The Coal(Keyboard chords)

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Key: Dm

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	        Intro: 

Dm   

Verse 1:    

       Dm              C          C/B  
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 

Dm C C/B Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, Am Dm Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. Dm C Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, C/B 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 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 tressel groan, Am Dm But the switcher wasn't listnin' so he left the switch alone!
Dm C C/B Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, Am Dm Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. Dm C Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, C/B 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 among the living in the year of ninety-one
Dm C C/B Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, Am Dm Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. Dm C Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, C/B 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 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!)
Dm C C/B Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, Am Dm Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. Dm C Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, C/B 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.

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