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C F Am Dm You might hear dogs at midnight high up a treeless hill, G7 Am Workin' their own graveyard shift and howlin' out their fill. C F Am Dm While down below in Coal Town, a woman lies awake, G7 Am And hears her sleepin' husband fight for every breath he takes. G7 C G/B Am Oh, the rockslide may not get you, the fire might pass you by. Dm C G When the gas goes up, it might not be your time to die. C F Am Dm But every year gets harder just to draw a simple breath, G7 C When the black lung gets you, that's the kiss of death.
You might see old men waitin' on the county courthouse green.
Tellin' tales at noontime of the bitter sights they've seen.
It makes a postcard picture there beside the courthouse door,
Unless you know just why they're waitin' and what they're waitin' for.
Oh, the rockslide may not get you, the fire might pass you by.
When the gas goes up, it might not be your time to die.
But every year gets harder just to draw a simple breath,
When the black lung gets you, that's the kiss of death.
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1970)
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