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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

-first letter-A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

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Dm

Verse 1:

	Dm
It was	April 27,

	C	C/B
In the	year of 91,

	Am
Bout a	mile below the surface,

	Dm
And the	warm kentucky sun.

	Dm
The	late shift was ending,

	C	C/B
And the	early shift was late,

	Am
The	foreman ate his dinner,

	Dm
From a	dirty tin plate.

Chorus 1:

	Dm
	Blood on the tracks,

	C	C/B
	Blood in the mine,

	Am
	Brothers and sisters,

	Dm
What a	terrible time.

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

	Am
Now in	mine number 60,

	Dm
There's	blood on the coal,

Blood on the coal,

	C	C/B	Am
Blood on the	coal.

Verse 2:

	Dm
The	slag pits were steamin',

	C	C/B
It was	7:25,

	Am
Every	miner worked the coal face,

	Dm
Every	one of them alive.

	Dm
The	train came round the corner,

	C	C/B
You could	hear the tressel groan	,

	Am
But the	switcher wasn't listnin',

	Dm
So he	left the switch alone!

Chorus 2:

	Dm
	Blood on the tracks,

	C	C/B
	Blood in the mine,

	Am
	Brothers and sisters,

	Dm
What a	terrible time.

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

	Am
Now in	mine number 60,

	Dm
There's	blood on the coal,

Blood on the coal,

	C	C/B	Am
Blood on the	coal.

Verse 3:

	Dm
Well the	walls began to tremble,

	C	C/B
And the men began to	yell,

	Am
They could	hear that lonesome whistle,

	Dm
Like an	echo out of...well.

	Dm
They	dropped their picks and shovels,

	C	C/B
As to	safety they did run,

	Am
For to	stay among the living,

	Dm
In the	year of ninety-one.

Chorus 3:

	Dm
	Blood on the tracks,

	C	C/B
	Blood in the mine,

	Am
	Brothers and sisters,

	Dm
What a	terrible time.

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

	Am
Now in	mine number 60,

	Dm
There's	blood on the coal,

Blood on the coal,

	C	C/B	Am
Blood on the	coal.

Verse 4:

	Dm
An	Irishman named Murphy,

	C	C/B
Said "I'll	stop that iron horse!"

	Am
And he	stood to athwart it's passage,

	Dm
And it	crushed him dead of course.

	Dm
And I	hope he hears the irony,

	C	C/B
When	e're this tale is told,

	Am
The	train that took his life,

	Dm
Was burning	good Kentucky coal.

(Hey!)

Chorus 4:

	Dm
	Blood on the tracks,

	C	C/B
	Blood in the mine,

	Am
	Brothers and sisters,

	Dm
What a	terrible time.

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

	Am
Now in	mine number 60,

	Dm
There's	blood on the coal,

Blood on the coal,

	C	C/B	Am
Blood on the	coal.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005

(clumsyband@hotmail.com)