Billy Edd Wheeler Writer Kathy Mattea Am F Travelin on down the coal town road Well somebody said thats a strange tattoo Someday when Im dead and gone G Am Listenin to my rubber tires whine You have on the side of your head To heaven the land of my dreams Am F Goodbye to Buckeye, White Sycamore I said, thats a blue mark left by the coal I wont have to worry about losing my job G Am I leaving you behind Little more and Id been dead. To bad time and big machines ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kathy_mattea/coal_tattoo_crd.html ) F G Oh, Ive been a coal miner all my life I love the rumble, I love the dark Oh! I got no house Lord I got no job F G Laying down track in a hole Lord, I love the cool of the slate Just got a worried soul Am F Got a back like ironwood, bent by the wind But its going down that new road lookin for a job And a blue tattoo on the side of my head G Am Blood veins as blue as the coal Travelin and lookin I hate Left by that number 9 coal G Am Blood veins as blue as the coal Travelin and lookin I hate Left by that number 9 coal Left by that number 9 coal