E                            A
I'm going down to Charleston
            E                                   A
Through the shadow of the mountain this road winds
               E                                       A
Through closed-up towns, forgotten dreams, and welcome signs
                     C#m   B   A
Fading far behind
          E
Coal Country


[Verse 2]
    E                                A
I'm thankful for the sons who died
           E                          A
Who didn't back down from a Federal fight
               E                               A
Where the lead lies still and the smoke still rises
                     C#m  B   A
On the Blair mountainside
          E
Coal Country


[Chorus]
         A                 E
It put a roof over my head
           B                          C#m
And the armor on the tanks in Normandy
    B      A                                    E
The lights shone bright in the hands of its care
             B                          C#m
From the western skies to Washington, D.C
        B      A              E
Now it lies broken, high, and cold
         B                   C#m  B  A
In its grave of Appalachian stone
         E
Coal Country


[Verse 3]
        E                     B       A
Now we don't need tokens to a company store
                E                   B       A
That's what government stamps and codeine's for
                  E                  B        A
We may have won a few battles but we lost the war
                     C#m   B A
Now we're slaves and poor
         E
Coal Country


[Chorus]
         A                 E
It put a roof over my head
           B                          C#m
And the armor on the tanks in Normandy
    B      A                                    E
The lights shone bright in the hands of its care
             B                          C#m
From the western skies to Washington, D.C
        B      A              E
Now it lies broken, high, and cold
         B                   C#m  B  A
In its grave of Appalachian stone
         E
Coal Country