Coal Mountain chords

[INTRO]
[C] [G] [F] [C]
[C] [G] [F] [C]
[C] [G] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [G] [G]

[VERSE 1]
I [C]went to the [G]funeral of [F]my old man to[C]day
The [C]urn that he came [G]home in was a [F]charcoal shade of [C]grey
[C]He wanted his [G]ashes spread across the [F]prairies of the US[C]A
'Cause he [C]loved John Wayne, the [G]American dream but he
[F]never made it out that [C]way
[C]Spent his whole damn life [G]working for the man at the
[F]power plant driving [C]coal
He [C]shoveled that shit from a [G]mountain high and that
[F]mountain broke his [C]soul

[BRIDGE]
He was [F]driving coal when I was [C]born
[C]And he [F]drove it until he was [C]gone
[C]and the [F]only time he hit me was when I asked him
[F]for a [G]job - driving [Am]coal

[CHORUS]
And that [F]coal [G]mountain blocks the [Am]sun from my win[F]dow
[F]Standing in the hori[G]zon so stern and [Am]strong
The [F]coal [G]mountain, within five [Am]miles of it nothing [F]grows
[F]I've lived in the shadow of that [G]mountain all my [Am]life
All my [G]life

[VERSE 2]
Now the [C]service it was [G]simple just the [F]kind he would have [C]liked
And [C]Mama wept as she [G]read those words about
the [F]dying of the [C]light
[C]That same night the [G]snow came down and for
a [F]moment it was all [C]white
But the [C]ash in the air turns [G]everything here
[F]grey like that mountai[C]nside

[BRIDGE]
[F]And when we got to who gets [C]what
It [F]sure turned ugly e[C]nough
[F]One grey morning Mama left the house in her [G]robe
- and she never came [Am]home

[CHORUS]
And that [F]coal [G]mountain blocks the [Am]sun from my win[F]dow
[F]Standing in the hori[G]zon so stern and [Am]strong
The [F]coal [G]mountain, within five [Am]miles of it nothing [F]grows
[F]I've lived in the shadow of that [G]mountain all my [Am]life
All my [G]life

[SOLO]
[C] [G] [F] [C]
[C] [G] [F] [C]

[VERSE 3]
His [C]ashes never [G]made it to [F]prairies of the US[C]A
[C]Visas are a [G]nightmare and getting [F]harder every [C]day

[BRIDGE]
Instead I [F]went in the dead of [C]night
Buried the [F]urn in the mountain [C]side
Said: "[F]Here it stops", poured some whiskey on top
and left them [G]both - I left them both be[Am]hind

[CHORUS]
And the [F]coal [G]mountain blocks the [Am]moonlight from the [F]road
[F]Disappearing in the [G]horizon as I [Am]go
The [F]coal [G]mountain, within five [Am]miles of it nothing [F]grows
[F]I won't live in its [G]shadow for a moment [Am]more
[F]I won't live in its [G]shadow for a moment [C]more