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Kathy Mattea - Lawrence Jones INTRO: Am7 Am Am7 Am Well, the night is as thick as silence

You can't ^Ccut it ^Gwith a ^Amknife A man lies in the hospital ^CDraining ^Gout his ^Amlife

The trucks are on the back road

In the ^Cdark the ^Gheadlights ^Amshine 'Cause there's one man dead On that ^CHarlan ^GCounty ^Amline

Oh, anger, like poison

Is ^Ceating ^Gat your ^Amsoul Your thoughts are loud as gunfire Your ^Cface as ^Ghard as ^Amcoal

Bitterness, like buckshot

Ex^Cplodes in^Gside your ^Ammind And there's one man dead On that ^CHarlan ^GCounty ^Amline ^Am7 ^Am

Oh, a miner's life is fragile

It could ^Cshatter ^Gjust like ^Amice But those who bear the struggle Have ^Calways ^Gpaid the ^Amprice

There's blood upon the contract

Like ^Cvine^Ggar in ^Amwine And there's one man dead On that ^CHarlan ^GCounty ^Amline ^Am7 ^Am

From the river bridge at Highsplint

To the ^CBrookside ^Grailroad ^Amtrack You can feel the long strake building That can ^Cnever ^Gbe turned ^Amback

The dead go forward with us

Not ^Cone is ^Gleft be^Amhind 'Cause there's one man dead On that ^CHarlan ^GCounty ^Amline

Well, the night is as cold as iron

You can ^Cfeel it ^Gin your ^Ambones It settles like a shroud upon The ^Cgrave of ^GLawrence ^AmJones

The graveyard shift is walking

From the ^Cbathhouse in^Gto the ^Ammine And there's one man dead On that ^CHarlan ^GCounty ^Amline

One man dead

On that ^CHarlan ^GCounty ^Amline One miner dead On that ^CHarlan ^GCounty ^Amline

Kathy Mattea - Lawrence jones