G Not so long ago just outside Paris Arkansas
a young lady had a mountain to climb
G Gonna climb up this mountain cause there's one thing I know
My daddy is in his mountain diggin' Arkansas c D oal
Yes I G hear my mama calling, I let her wait ten minutes more she'll be so
Cause I like to lay on the ground and listen to the sound of my daddy
Digging Arkansas D coal
G I was born C7 in this mountain G went down here since I was D nine years old
And I G know some day I'll die in this C7 mountain G diggin', D diggin'
G Arkansas, Bb Arkansas G coal, Arkansas coal
C7 F7 C7 F7
C7 Married me a F7 good man C7 back in '5 F7 9,
C7 Knew he was an F7 Arkansas coalminer C7 and that suited me F7 fine
C7 Got us a little F7 daughter, C7 she's only eight years F7 old
C7 Wishing she was a F7 man like her daddy C7 diggin' A F7 rkansas C7 coal
Billie get off that mountain, Billie you got to go to school
Billie your mama and daddy ain't gonna raise you no natural fool
Ain't gonna raise you no natural fool
Am Mama why is the earth Em shaking? Am Mama is the world coming Em to an end?
Am Mama why are you Em crying? Dm Is it another cave Am in?
A My God the rocks are E fallin', A ten thousand tons on my E head
A I knew someday this would E happen so A this is how it feels to be E dead
So A this is how it feels to be E dead
Gonna climb up that mountain cause there is one thing I know
My daddy is in that mountain diggin' Arkansas coal
by: José Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com
Nancy Sinatra
