INTRO: D-------------------------------------------------------| A---------0-1-2--------3/4—3/4-0---------0-1-2-----------| E-2b-0--4--------2b-0------------2b-0--4-----------------| E I was born in West Virginia Where the land is black with coal A For a man to feed his family E B7 E It takes twelve hours a day a diggin' in a dirty black hole A Way down in the bottom of a mountain E Way down in the bottom of a hole A Way down in the bottom of a mountain E B7 E I'm diggin' and a shovelin' and a loadin' out the dirty black coal E Some men give their wives jewelry Some men give their wives gold A But all I can give to my sweet woman E B7 E Are the few dollars I make from diggin' out the dirty black coal A Way down in the bottom of a mountain E Way down in the bottom of a hole A Way down in the bottom of a mountain E B7 E I'm diggin' and a shovelin' and a loadin' out the dirty black coal E I draw scr i pt for most of my money I never see a lot of that A I work all week and go to church on Sunday E B7 E Well the preacher gonna get what's left when they pass the hat A Way down in the bottom of a mountain E Way down in the bottom of a hole A Way down in the bottom of a mountain E B7 E I'm diggin' and a shovelin' and a loadin' out the dirty black coal E B7 E I'm diggin' and a shovelin' and a loadin' out the dirty black coal OUTRO: A---------------| E-0-2b-2b-0-----|