Coal Headstone chords

Capo 5

[INTRO]
[Am] [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]

[VERSE 1]
[Am]By the time they heard the timber crack there was
[Dm]nothing they could do except
[Am]Wonder 'bout the ones they left be[E]hind
[Am]The groans of the dyin' left
[Dm]Ringing in my head it was a
[Am]cold day in the [E]spring of fourty [Am]nine [E]

[Am]Well the coal company came and they
[Dm]dug out all the rubble, but I
[Am]Still can wash the black shit off my [E]face
[Am]It's so hard to find a job, with a
[Dm]Wage that I can live on if I
[Am]die someone [E]else will take my p[Am]lace [E]

[CHORUS]
[C]Please dont bury me as [G]deep as the coal
[Dm]Keep me closer to the s[Am]unshine
[C]I'll be happy when they [G]lay me to rest
[Dm]Far away from that [Am]Parish County mine

[BRIDGE]
[Am] [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]

[VERSE 2]
[Am]Well they left the dead on the front porch his last
[Dm]dpaycheck in his hand
[Am]Just enough to put him in the [E]ground
[Am]Young wife and his kids must
[Dm]try to get along you
[Am]Know she ain[E]t the first one in [Am]this town[E]

[Am]It ain't the darkness or the
[Dm]Dampness in my bones nor the
[Am]pain that makes me lie awake at [E]night, it's the
[Am]Thought that this migh be my
[Dm]veery last tomorrow and that
[Am]this kiss might [E]be my last good [Am]bye [E]

[CHORUS]
[C]Please dont bury me as [G]deep as the coal
[Dm]Keep me closer to the s[Am]unshine
[C]I'll be happy when they [G]lay me to rest
[Dm]Far away from that [Am]Parish County mine

[C]Please dont bury me as [G]deep as the coal
[Dm]Keep me closer to the s[Am]unshine
[C]I'll be happy when they [G]lay me to rest
[Dm]Far away from that [Am]Parish County mine