Steve Earle – Devil Put The Coal In The Ground (Guitar)

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"Devil Put the Coal in the Ground" by Steve Earle [Intro] G [Verse 1]
         G
Well the devil put the coal in the ground

G
[tab]F                     C
Buried it deep, it'll never be found

C                         G
Devil put the coal in the ground
[Verse 2]
     G
Said that'll be a diamond some day

G
That'll be a diamond some day

F                        C
You'll be long gone, and dead either way

C                         G
That'll be a diamond some day
[Chorus]
G
Well the devil put the coal in the ground

G
Devil put the coal in the ground

          F                      C
Said I'll double dog dare you to follow men down

C                         G
Devil put the coal in the ground
[Instrumental] G [Verse 3]
         G
Well the good Lord give me two hands

G
Good Lord give me two hands

      F                 C
Said "Is you an animal, is you a man?"

    C                     G
The good Lord give me two hands
[Verse 4]
     G
Lord giveth and he taketh away

G
Lord giveth and he taketh away

        F                       C
Oh, the devil did the same damn hold of the day

C                           G
Lord giveth and he taketh away
[Chorus]
          G
Well the devil put the coal in the ground

G
Devil put the coal in the ground

          F                      C
Said I'll double dog dare you to follow men down

C                         G
Devil put the coal in the ground
[Instrumental] G [Verse 5]
  G
I wake up in the morning praying

G
Wake up in the morning praying

         F                         C
Keep the wolf from my door, and my devil at bay

C                          G
Wake up in the morning and pray
[Verse 6]
         G
Well the black lung'll kill me some day

    G
The black lung'll kill me some day

       F              C
In the underground, I reckon and I wait

    C                           G
The black lung 'll kill me some day
[Chorus]
          G
Well the devil put the coal in the ground

G
Devil put the coal in the ground

          F                      C
Said I'll double dog dare you to follow men down

C                         G
Devil put the coal in the ground

          G
Well the devil put the coal in the ground

G
Devil put the coal in the ground

          F                      C
Said I'll double dog dare you to follow men down

C                         G
Devil put the coal in the ground