Eric Douglas - Coal Country Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Out in West Viriginia
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They're breathing in the dust
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They work down in the mines all day
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And never make a fuss
 
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There's a thick layer on your skin
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That never goes away
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The soot gets in your fingernails
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And there it's gonna stay
 
[Chorus 1]
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What's a little black lung
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When you're digging for gold
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In coal country
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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It gets into the rivers
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Causing more and more disease
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It gets into the atmosphere
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And it's getting hard to breathe
 
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When the mines are running empty
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No canaries left to sing
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They go out to the suburbs
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And see what fracking brings
 
[Chorus 2]
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We're selling the environment
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The lowest bidder wins our soul
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We're a coal country
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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We don't need no solar panels
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Ain't got no use for the wind
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They tell us that coal is getting cleaner
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That's just something they pretend
 
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Look to the horizon
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The skies are turning grey
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We're trading in our future
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We'll make our children pay
 
[Chorus 3]
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We're headed for disaster
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It's far beyond control
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We're a coal country
 
[Chorus 4]
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All across America
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It's a sad sight to behold
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We're a coal country
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We're a coal country
 
[Coda]
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