Kentucky Gold Chords & Lyrics - Whiskey Myers

[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
[Dm]Wakin' up early, [Dm]goin' back down [F]black coffee, black lung [G]underground
[Dm]This much money ain't [Dm]even worth countin' [F]hand-to-mouth, this [G]side of the mountain

[INSTRUMENTAL]
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[VERSE 2]
The [Dm]creek used to run clear ac[Dm]ross the tracks 'til [F]Peabody came and it [G]all turned black
The [Dm]diamonds we diggin' don't [Dm]sparkle or shine [F]wastin' away in a [G]rich man's mine

[CHORUS]
[F]West Vir[G]ginia, Kentucky [Dm]gold [F]feed your [G]family, sell your [Dm]soul (Sell your soul)
[F]Dying [G]young, never growing [Dm]old for that [F]West Vir[G]ginia, Kentucky [Dm]gold

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Dm] [Dm] [F] [G]
[Dm] [Dm] [F] [G]

[VERSE 3]
[Dm]Wake up every mornin', kiss my [Dm]kids goodbye [F]whisper to my [G]beautiful wife
"If to[Dm]day's the day that [Dm]I should go don't [F]leave me down in [G]that damn hole"

[CHORUS]
[F]West Vir[G]ginia, Kentucky [Dm]gold [F]feed your [G]family, sell your [Dm]soul (Sell your soul)
[F]Dying [G]young, never growing [Dm]old for that [F]West Vir[G]ginia, Kentucky [Dm]gold

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Dm] [Dm] [F] [G]
[Dm] [Dm] [F] [G]
[Dm] [Dm] [F] [G]
[Dm] [Dm] [F] [G]

[BRIDGE]
Don't [Dm]leave me down in [C]that damn hole don't [G]leave me down in [F]that damn hole [G]
Don't [Dm]leave me down in [C]that damn hole don't [F]leave me down in [G]that damn hole
Don't [Dm]leave me down in [C]that damn hole don't [G]leave me down in [F]that damn hole [G]
[Dm] [C] [F] [G] G*
Don't leave me down in that damn hole when it all caves in, when the walls won't hold

[CHORUS]
West Virginia, Kentucky [Dm]gold [F]feed your [G]family, sell your [Dm]soul (Sell your soul)
[F]Dying [G]young, never growing [Dm]old for that [F]West Vir[G]ginia, Kentucky [Dm]gold
For that [F]West Vir[G]ginia, Kentucky [Dm]gold, aw for that [F]West Vir[G]ginia, Kentucky [Dm]gold
[F] [G] Kentuck[Dm]y gold

[OUTRO]
[F] [G] [Dm] [Dm]
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