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Coal Miners Daughter lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use, it's almost a bio of Loretta Lynn. Use these lyrics with chords to learn this wonderful country classic, it's easy to do.
Coal Miners Daughter
by Loretta Lynn
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Well I was born a coal miner's daughter
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In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler
C
We were poor but we had love
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That's the one thing that daddy made sure of
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He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar
F C
My daddy worked all night in the family coal mine
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All day long in the field a-hoin' corn
C
Mommy rocked the babies at night
F C
Read the Bible by the coal oil light
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And everything would start all over come break of morn'
F C
Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay
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Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every day
C
I've seen her fingers bleed
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To complain there was no need
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She'd smile in Mommy's understanding way
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In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear
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But in the winter time we'd all get a brand new pair
C
From a mail order catalog
F C
Money made from sellin' a hog
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Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere
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Yeah I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter
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I remember well the well where I drew water
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The work we done was hard
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At night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired
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I never thought I'd ever leave Butcher Holler
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Well a lot of things have changed since way back then
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And it's so good to be back home again
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Not much left but the floor
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Nothing lives here anymore
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Just a memory of a coal miner's daughter
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