Tom T. Hall - Trip To Hyden Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Tossed and turned the night before in some old motel
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Subconsciously recalling some old sinful thing I'd done
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My buddy drove the car and those big coal trucks shook us up
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As we drove on into Hyden in the early morning sun
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Past the hound dogs and some dominique-er chickens
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Temporary-looking houses with their lean and bashful kids
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Every hundred yards, a sign proclaimed that Christ was coming soon
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And I thought, "Well, man, He'd sure be disappointed if He did."
 
 
[Verse 3]
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On the way, we talked about the 40 miners
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Of the 39 who died and one who lived to tell the tale
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We stopped for beans and cornbread at the Ed & Lois Café
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Then went to see the sheriff at the Leslie County Jail
 
 
[Verse 4]
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They took us to the scene of that disaster
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I was so surprised to not find any sign of death at all
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Just another country hillside with some mudholes and some junk
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The mines were deadly silent like a rathole in the wall
 
 
[Verse 5]
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"It was just like being right inside of a shotgun."
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The old man coughed and lit a cigarette that he had rolled
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Back in town, I bought a heavy jacket from a store
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It was sunny down in Hyden but somehow, the town was cold
 
 
[Verse 6]
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The old man introduced the undertaker
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Who seemed refreshed despite the kind of work I knew he did
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We talked about the pretty lady from the Grand Ole Opry
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And we talked about the money she was raising for the kids
 
 
[Verse 7]
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Well, I guess the old man thought we were reporters
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He kept reminding me of how his simple name was spelled
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Some lady said, "They worth more money now than when they's a-living."
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And I'll leave it there 'cause I suppose she told it pretty well