Coal
By: Tyler Childers
Tabbed by: Shaun Horine
Capo 1
Verse 1
Em G D A A(7)
Now God made coal for the men who sold their lives to Wes van Leer
Em G D A
And you keep on diggin' 'til you get down there where it's darker than your darkest
A(7)
fear.
Em G D A A(7)
And that woman in the kitchen tries to keep on cookin' but she ain't had meat in years
Em G D A A(7)
Just live off bread and live off hope and a pool of a million tears.
Em G D A A(7)
Now lemme tell you somethin' 'bout the Gospel and make sure that you mark it down
Em G D A A(7)
When God spoke out "Let there be light" he put the first of us in the ground.
Em G D A A(7)
And we'll keep on diggin' 'til the comin' of the lord and Gabriel's trumpet sound
Em G D A A(7)
'Cause if you ain't minin' for the company boy then there ain't much in this town.
Chorus
Em G D
We coulda made somethin' of ourselves out there if we'd listened to the folks that
A A(7)
knew
Em G D A A(7)
That co------ooooo------oal's gonna bury you.
Solo
Verse 2
Em G D A A(7)
Now it's darker than a dungeon and it's deeper than a well
Em G D A A(7)
So sometimes I imagine that I'm getting pretty close to hell.
Em G D A A(7)
And in my darkest hour, I cry out to the lord.
Em G D A A(7)
He says keep on 'a minin' boy cause that's why you were born.
Chorus
Em G D
We coulda made somethin' of ourselves out there if we'd listened to the folks that
A A(7)
knew
Em G D A A(7)
That co------ooooo------oal's gonna bury you.
Solo
End
