Lirik dan Chord Lagu Coal Tattoo - Jim Croce

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada 23 Maret 1996 musisi asal Amerika, Jim Croce merilis sebuah lagu yang berjudul "Coal Tattoo".

Lagu tersebut menjadi trek kedua dari 11 lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk Facets. 

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Alabama Rain - Jim Croce

Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Coal Tattoo" dari Jim Croce.

[Verse 1]
Em               C         Em
Travelin' down that coal town road
G              D        Em
Listenin' to my steel wheels whine;
Em              C          Em
Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore
G          C        Em
I'm leavin' you behind
G         D         Em
I've been a coal man all my life
Em        D          C        D
Layin' down tracks in the hole
G          C         G
Got a back like an ironwood Bent by the wind

Em            D     Em
Blood veins blue as the coal
C            D           Em
Blood veins blue as the coal

[Verse 2]
Em            C          Em
Somebody said "That's a strange tattoo
G          D     Em
You have on the side of your head"
Em                C              Em
I said "That's the mark of the number nine coal
G           D    Em
A little more and I'd be dead"
G              D  Em
Still I love the rumble and I love the dark
Em           D        C        D
I love the cool of the slate
G            C                 G
But it's back down the road I go, lookin' for a job

Em          D    Em
It's travelin' and runnin' I hate
G          D            Em
It's travelin' and runnin' I hate

[Verse 3]
Em          C                     Em
Someday when I die and to Heaven I go
G           D           Em
To Heaven the land of my dreams
Em        C      Em
I won't have to worry about losin' my job
G               D                   Em
To bad times and big machines
G          D             Em
Still I've got no job and I've got no pay
Em           D        C       D
Just got worrying Soul
G            C              Em
And these blue tattoo on the side of my head

C              D             Em
Left by the number nine coal
C            D           Em
Left by the number nine coal
C             D               Em
Left by the number nine coal