Note: Original Recording tuned down 1/2 step
Intro: G Gsus G Gsus
Verse 1
[G]Got married at 16, had a 15 [C]year old [D]wife
[D]Guess I've been a grown man, [C]just about all my [G]life
[G]Like my daddy before me, I've [C]done the best I [D]could
[D]Somehow things turned out a little [C]worse than they [G]sho[Gsus]uld[G][Gsus]
Verse 2
[G]Logan West Virginia is a [C]hundred mile [D]behind
[D]Coal mines took my boys life and my [C]Janie's piece of [G]mind
[G]All I know is back in Logan and I ain't [C]never been that [D]smart
D C G (walk up to)
But I know I had to leave there to heal my Janie's heart
Chorus:
[C]Damn these hard times, [D]damn the coal mines
[G]Damn the good dreams gone [C]cold
[G]While I'm at it, [D]damn this crooked [G]road[C][D]
Verse 3
Me and Janie worked hard to [C]get our children [D]grown
[D]Junior was our first born it's [C]cut us to the [G]bone
[G]We learned long ago that you don't [C]doubt the good lords [D]plan
D C G (walk up to)
But some things is hard to take lord, we just tryin' to understand
Chorus:
[C]Damn these hard times, [D]damn the coal mines
[G]Damn the good dreams gone [C]cold
[G]While I'm at it, [D]damn this crooked [G]road
Solo Here same as Chorus
[C] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [Gsus] [G]
Verse 4
[G]There's a big blue ocean another [C]300 mile[D]
[D]Sun on the water just might [C]make my Janie [G]smile
[G]Light in her eyes is worth [C]more to me than [D]gold
D C G (walk up to)
Hope runs a straight line right down this mountain road
Chorus:
[C]Damn these hard times, [D]damn the coal mines
[G]Damn the good dreams gone [C]cold
[G]While I'm at it, [D]damn this crooked [G]road[C]
[G]While I'm at it, [D]damn this crooked [G]road[Gsus][G][Gsus]
Tabbed by Bob O'Neill 2014
Intro: G Gsus G Gsus
Verse 1
[G]Got married at 16, had a 15 [C]year old [D]wife
[D]Guess I've been a grown man, [C]just about all my [G]life
[G]Like my daddy before me, I've [C]done the best I [D]could
[D]Somehow things turned out a little [C]worse than they [G]sho[Gsus]uld[G][Gsus]
Verse 2
[G]Logan West Virginia is a [C]hundred mile [D]behind
[D]Coal mines took my boys life and my [C]Janie's piece of [G]mind
[G]All I know is back in Logan and I ain't [C]never been that [D]smart
D C G (walk up to)
But I know I had to leave there to heal my Janie's heart
Chorus:
[C]Damn these hard times, [D]damn the coal mines
[G]Damn the good dreams gone [C]cold
[G]While I'm at it, [D]damn this crooked [G]road[C][D]
Verse 3
Me and Janie worked hard to [C]get our children [D]grown
[D]Junior was our first born it's [C]cut us to the [G]bone
[G]We learned long ago that you don't [C]doubt the good lords [D]plan
D C G (walk up to)
But some things is hard to take lord, we just tryin' to understand
Chorus:
[C]Damn these hard times, [D]damn the coal mines
[G]Damn the good dreams gone [C]cold
[G]While I'm at it, [D]damn this crooked [G]road
Solo Here same as Chorus
[C] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [Gsus] [G]
Verse 4
[G]There's a big blue ocean another [C]300 mile[D]
[D]Sun on the water just might [C]make my Janie [G]smile
[G]Light in her eyes is worth [C]more to me than [D]gold
D C G (walk up to)
Hope runs a straight line right down this mountain road
Chorus:
[C]Damn these hard times, [D]damn the coal mines
[G]Damn the good dreams gone [C]cold
[G]While I'm at it, [D]damn this crooked [G]road[C]
[G]While I'm at it, [D]damn this crooked [G]road[Gsus][G][Gsus]
Tabbed by Bob O'Neill 2014
