INTRO e-----0-0----------| B-----1-1----------| G-----2-2----------| D-----2-2----------| A--0--0-0---3------| E--------------2---| x4 Am VERSE AD7/F# G Am D7/F# G All my life I've been digging Polish black coal Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G It wasn't much but you know I could play that role Am Am/G D7/F# Dm E7 They laid me off and so I kept my pail Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# E7 And now I wade in bushes down by the rail CHORUS AF E7 D7 Raider man, got no choice about it AF E7 D7 Raider man, jumpin' up there on it AF E7 D7 Am E7 Raider man, gonna' take a little bit now VERSE Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G They hired me back and traded my pail for a stick Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G E7 And now I chase the ones with a pail and a brick PLAY CHORUS 1x REPEAT INTRO SOLO - like verse 1 Am D7/F# G (x4) AAD7/F# DDE7C Am D7/F# G (x2) E7 CHORUS -REPEAT CHORUS- VERSE Am D7/F# G Am D7/FG I chased my cousin, it wasn't no big deal Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# G I lost my legs when I slipped beneath the coal train wheel Am Am/G D7/F# Dm Dm/C E7 My cousin tries to put something in my bowl Am D7/F# G Am D7/F# E7 And now I wish I never left that darkened hole CHORUS -REPEAT CHORUS- INTRO play 3x, then end on Am