Sturgill Simpson - Old king coal

^EMany a man down in these here hills Made a living off that ^B7old black ^Egold ^ENow there ain't nothing but welfare and pills And the wind never ^B7felt so ^Ecold

I'll be ^Eone of the first in a long long line Not to go down from that ^B7old black ^Elung My ^Edeath will be slower than the rest of my kind And my life will be sadder than the ^B7songs they all ^Esung ^{E/F# E/G#}

^AOld King Coal what are ^Ewe gonna do When the mountains are gone and ^B7so are ^Eyou ^{E/F# E/G#}

They ^Acome from the city ^Eto lend a hand Carrying signs saying, "Shut the mines ^B7down" We ain't ^Alooking for pity and you ^Edon't ^E/F#un - ^E/G#der - ^Astand So go ^Eback to your city now cause ^B7this ain't your ^Etown

^EMy Great Grandfather spent his days in a coal mine And his nights on the ^B7porch in a ^Echair ^ENow he's in heaven and down here in hell The ^B7rivers run muddy and the ^Amoun - ^A/G#tains ^A/F#are ^Ebare ^{E/F# E/G#}

^AOld King Coal what are ^Ewe gonna do When the mountains are gone and ^B7so are ^Eyou ^{E/F# E/G# A}Old King Coal what are ^Ewe gonna do When the mountains are gone and ^B7so are ^Eyou