Capo: 3

Johnny Cash Loading coal Album: Ride This Train T.Vincent CAPO: 3rd / Play: G INRTO: C G D G VERSE:

^GMy pappy said when I was ^Emseventeen ^CYou're six feet tall and you ^Gface is clean ^GAnd it don't look right for a ^Cboy that ^Gold ^GTo not make a livin' ^Emloading coal

CHORUS:

^EmLoading ^Gcoal loading coal ^GI'm a ^Cdouble-first cousin to a ^Gdad-blamed mole ^GNever get rich for to ^Csave my ^Gsoul ^GAnd forty-eleven years of ^Emloading coal ^Dloading ^Gcoal

VERSE:

^GAin't never got aquainted with a ^Emdollor bill ^CAnd I don't ever reckon ^Gthat I ever will ^GA dollar ain't made for a ^Cfellow I'm ^Gtold ^GThat scoops up a livin' ^Emloading coal

REPEAT CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL: G C G D G VERSE:

^GI cussed everything in the ^Emmining camp ^CFrom my shovel and my pick to my ^Gcarbide lamp ^GBut I know just as well ^Cwhen I grow ^Gold ^GI'll still be a cussin' but ^Emloading coal

REPEAT CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL: G C G D G VERSE:

^GI know just as well as ^Emcoal is Black ^COne of these days the ^Gmines will strike ^GAnd I'll sit around starving til ^CI'm finally ^Gtold ^GThere's a nickel more a ton for ^Emloading coal

REPEAT CHORUS

^GLoading coal, Loading coal, (fade.....)

Johnny Cash - Loading coal