It's Only A Coal Miner's Grave – Hazel Dickens (¾ Time, Waltz Time)...
Intro: D, D, D, D, G, G, G, G, A, A, A, A, D, G, D, D... (Each letter name is a 3-beat measure)...
D G Up there on that hillside... there's... an old miner's grave... A D And the briars and bushes... that a-bout... cover it up these days... D G And there's no one to claim it... or care if he's gone a-way... A D For he was only a miner, and it's only... a coal miner's grave... D G So, pay no attention... it's only an old miner's grave... A D Pay no attention... to the briars and the weeds... let them stay... D G Cause who's gonna miss him... or care, that he's gone a-way... A D He was only a miner, and it's only a coal miner's grave... Fiddle Solo... Dobro Solo... D G Francis Estep... from Holly Grove W.Va... A D In nineteen and thirteen, loaded coal ten hours a day... D G Six days a week... forty-seven and a half cents a ton... A D He was shot down by gun thugs... at the young age of, thirty-one... D G So the briars and brambles, ramble all over his grave... A D Like the thorns in his life... for living, he had to pay... D G Now there's no one to miss him... care that he's gone a-way... A D He was only a miner, and it's only... a coal miner's grave... Dobro Solo... Fiddle Solo... Page 1 of 2It's Only A Coal Miner's Grave – Cont'd D G So, is this little marker... his only memorial, to-day?... A D A man, who gave his life... for the U.M.W.of A... D G Is this how we remember... all the sacrifices... he made? A D To let the briars and the weeds... take over his Un-ion and grave... End...