Tyler Childers - Coal: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Coal" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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    Fm                    G#
Now God made coal for the men who sold
       D#                A#
their lives to West Van Lear
        Fm                       G#
And you keep on diggin' 'til you get
                      D#                A#
down there where it's darker than your darkest fear.
         Fm                       G#
And that woman in the kitchen she keeps
                   D#                 A#
on cookin' but she ain't had meat in years
     Fm                 G#
Just live off bread and live off hope
      D#                 A#
and a pool of a million tears.

Now let me tell you somethin' 'bout the gospel
And make sure that you mark it down
When God spoke out "Let there be light"
He put the first of us in the ground
And we'll keep on diggin'
'til the comin' of the Lord
And Gabriel's trumpet sounds
'Cause if you ain't minin' for the company boy
There ain't much in this town

Chorus:
    G#                      D#
We coulda made somethin' of ourselves
                   A#
out there if we'd listened to the folks that knew
    G# D# A#
That coal   is gonna bury you

Now it's darker than a dungeon
And it's deeper than a well
So sometimes I imagine
That I'm gettin' pretty close to hell
And in my darkest hour
I cry out to the Lord
He says "Keep on minin' boy
'Cause that's why you were born"

Chorus:
Well we could've made somethin'
of ourselves out there if we'd
listened to the folks that knew
That coal is gonna bury you


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

D#

Guitar chord D#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Coal" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Coal" by Tyler Childers.