Coal Tattoo Billy Edd Wheeler Writer Kathy Mattea Am F Travelin’ on down the coal town road Well somebody said that’s a strange tattoo Someday when I’m 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, that’s a blue mark left by the coal I won’t have to worry about losing my job G Am I leaving you behind Little more and I’d been dead. To bad time and big machines F G Oh, I’ve 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 it’s 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