Arkansas coal (suite) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Not [D]so [G]lon[D]g ago,[Em]
[G]just outside
Paris,
Arkansas, a [Em]young lady had
a mountain to [G]climb.
Gonna climb up this mountain
[D]Cause there's one [G]thing I [D]know[G]
[D]My daddy's [G]in this [D]mountain
Digging
Arkansas coal
Yes, I hear my mom[G]ma [D]call[G]in' [D]I'll
[G]let her wait ten minutes more, she'll
be sore
Cause I like to lay on the [D]ground and listen
[G]To [D]the[G] sound of my daddy
diggin'
[D]Arkansas coal[G]
I was born [C]in this mountain
[G]Been down here since I
[D]was nine years [G]old
And I know some day I'll
[C]die in this mountain
[G]Diggin', [D]diggin'
[G]Arkansas,[Gm]
[Bb]Arkansas cold
[G]Cold,
Arkansas [C]cold[G][C][F][C][F]
[C]Married me a [F]good man, [C]back in [F]59
[C]Knew he was an
[F]Arkansas coal miner
[C]An d that suited me [F]fine
[C]Got us a little daugh[F]ter
[C]She's only eight years [F]old
[C]Wishes she was a [F]man
Like her daddy
Dig[C]gin'
[F]Arkansas [C]coal
Billy
Billy, get [F]off of that mountain
[C]Billy, you got to [F]go to school
[C]Billy, your [F]mama and daddy
[C]Ain't gonna raise you no [F]natural fool
[C]Ain't gonna raise you no
nat[F]ural [C]fool[Am]
Mama, why is the [Em]earth a -shakin'
[Am]Mama, is the world comin'
[Em]to an en[Am]d
Mama, why are [Em]you cryin'
[G]Is [Dm]it another cave -in?[Am][A]
My
God, the rocks are [E]fallin'
[A]Ten thousand tons on my [E]head
[A]I knew some day this would h[E]appen
So [A]this is how it feels to be [E]dead
So [A]this is how it feels to
be [E]dead[G][D][G][D]
I'm going [G]to climb up that [D]moun[G]tain,
[D]because there's one thing I know, my daddy's in that
mountain.
Digging

[Outro 1]
Arkansas coal.
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