The Battle of Blair Mountain
by Louise Mosrie
Capo 7th fret to match recording. If you don't sing that high, slide the capo down
till it's good for your
voice.
Intro: Am, C, G, Dm - twice
Am C
Find a vein and drain the black gold.
G Dm
Hoping to god, that the timbers hold.
Am C
Like my father before me, it’s all I know,
G Dm Am, C, G, Dm
We live only to harvest the coal.
Am C
Mine owners mercy is shallow as a grave
G Dm
Living in shantytowns, we got no say.
Am C
14 hour shifts and such a meager wage
G Dm Am
And Mother Jones can’t help us now anyway. Anway.
C G
We’ll take the roads. We’ll take the train by force.
Dm G
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
C G
Lay down your bibles, take up your guns.
Dm G Am, C, G, Dm
Blair Mountain, here we come.
Am C
Red bandanas tell us what side you’re on.
G Dm
We’re the Rednecks of the union - 1921
Am C
We leave tonight 13000 strong.
G Dm Am
We’ll take the fight to Blair Mountain before the dawn.
C G
We’ll take the roads. We’ll take the train by force.
Dm G
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
C G
Lay down your bibles, take up your guns.
Dm G Am, C, G, Dm
Blair Mountain, here we come.
Am C
I fight for my father still buried in the mine
G Dm
I fight for my son – so he’ll have a better life.
Am C
We’re soldiers of the Great War and it don’t seem right
G Dm Am
To treat a man like a dog just to make a dime.
C G
We’ll take the roads. We’ll take the train by force.
Dm G
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
C G
Lay down your bibles, take up your guns.
Dm G Am, C, G, Dm
Blair Mountain, here we come.
Am C
Find a vein and drain the black gold.
G Dm Am
You better hope to God that the timbers hold.
