[Intro] C  G  E  Am

Am       C              G             Am
Oh coal river won't you wash my bones away
Am                   C            E
I'm slaving for the company and I can't get any pay
Am          C            G             Am
Well mining coal ain't a way to make a life
Am          C                   E
And I can't feed the hunger of three kids and a wife
             Am           C            G              Am
Well now the haulers are empty and the company's left town
           Am           C                  G            Am
And there ain't no more mountains for coal river to bend around

( C  G  E  Am )

          Am             C                    G           Am
Well the curses in these mountains have taken many of our kind
         Am         C                    E
And the souls dance upon the sands where that old river winds
   Am             C        G                   Am
Oh Lord won't you take me before that mountain does
   Am           C             G               Am
A life in these hills ain't what I thought it was

( C  G  E  Am )

Am                  C        G                 Am
Coal river cuts the land of where I'll rest my soal
            Am           C             E
And through these barren mountains my story will be told
    Am           C             G              Am
I'm headed for a pine box, my mining days are through
Am                    C                 G                    Am
Boy don't trust these mountains for the curse they'll put on you

Am       C              G             Am
Oh coal river won't you wash my bones away
Am                   C            E
I'm slaving for the company and I can't get any pay
Am          C            G             Am
Well mining coal ain't a way to make a life
Am          C                   E
And I can't feed the hunger of three kids and a wife
             Am           C            G              Am
Well now the haulers are empty and the company's left town
           Am           C                  G            Am
And there ain't no more mountains for coal river to bend around
Am                     C                  G             Am
No there ain't no more mountains for coal river to bend around