Loretta Lynn - Coal miners daughter

^DWell I was born the ^G7coal miner's d^Daughter In a cabin on a ^E7hill on Butcher H^A7oller ^E7_____ ^A We were ^Dpoor but we had love That's the ^G7one thing that daddy made s^Dure of He shoveled coal___ to ^A7make a p^Door man's doll^G7ar ^D

My d^Daddy worked ^G7all night in the Van Leer c^Doal mine All day long in the ^E7field a hoein' c^A7orn ___^E7__ ^A Mommy r^Docked the babies at night And read the ^G7Bible by the coal oil light ^D And everything would start all ^A7over come break of m^Dorn ^Bb

Daddy ^D#loved and raised eight ^G#7kids on a miner's p^D#ay Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a ^F7washboard everyd^Bb7ay ^{F7 Bb} Why I've seen her fingers ^D#bleed to c^G#7omplain there was no n^D#eed She's smiled in mommy's ^Bb7understanding w^D#ay ^Bb

^D#In the summertime we ^G#7didn't have shoes to w^D#ear But in the wintertime we'd ^F7all get a brand new p^Bbair ^{F7 Bb} From a ^D#mail order catalog money ^G#7made by selling a h^D#og Daddy always managed to ^Bb7get the money s^D#omewhere ^B

Yeah I'm ^Eproud to be a ^A7coal miner's d^Eaughter I remember well the ^F#m7well where I drew w^Bater ^{F#m7 B} The ^Ework we done was hard At night we'd ^A7sleep cause we were tired^E I never thought of ever ^Bleaving Butcher ^EHoller Well a lot of things have ^A7changed since the way back ^Ethen And it's so good to be ^F#m7back home a^Bgain Not much ^Eleft but the floor nothing ^A7lives there anym^Eore Except the memories of a ^B7coal miner's d^Eaughter