Call The Captain
Steep Canyon RangersVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Call up the captain tell him I ain't comin' in
He can dig his own coal something else is happening
This living that I'm making is doing a sin
It's broken the lives of too many good men
Been hauling coal since I was big enough to fight
Some 30 odd shifts with out a glimpse of daylight
The corporation likes to say that everythings alright
Dig yourself a hole get outta sight
There's a dark cloud above me that's blocking out the sun
Burn another hundred coal listen to the engines run
One half is starving while the others having fun
So call the captain, call the captain, call the captain, call the captain
(chorus)
Melinda close the door
I ain't going down to the mines today
I want clear blue skies and whole lot more
I ain't going down to the mine
There's a hole in this bucket I've been carrying around
I fill it up to the top and watch it spill on the ground
I go down to the mines and when I come back up
I got nothin' to show but the sweat on my brow
These hills are my own flesh and bones
There all that I love and there all that I know
Please don't ask me to destroy my home
I'm not gonna choose between my heart and soul, so
Call the Captain tell him I ain't coming in
He can dig his own coal something else is happening
This living that making is doing a sin
So call the captain, call the captain,....call the captain
(chorus)
Hear the whistle blow this morning
Hear the whistle blow today
Hear the whistle blow this morning
(chorus)
I ain't going down to the mine
I ain't going down to the mine
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Readable chord sheet for Call The Captain by Steep Canyon Rangers
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [G] [C] [Am] Call [C]up the cap[Am]tain tell him [C]I ain't comi[Am]n' in He [C]can dig hi[Am]s own coal som[C]ething else [Am]is happening Thi[C]s living t[Am]hat I'm making[C] is doing a[Am] sin It's brok[G]en the lives of too many good[Am] men Been [C]hauling coa[Am]l since I was [C]big enough to [Am]fight Some[C] 30 odd shi[Am]fts with out a[C] glimpse of da[Am]ylight The c[C]orporation l[Am]ikes to say that e[C]verythings alr[Am]ight Dig [G]yourself a hole get outta sight There[C]'s a dark c[Am]loud above me tha[C]t's blocking out [Am]the sun Burn[C] another hun[Am]dred coal listen[C] to the engines[Am] run One[C] half is s[Am]tarving while the [C]others having[Am] fun So call [G]the captain, call the captain, call the captain, call the captain [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [G] [C] [Am] (chorus) [C]Melinda[Am] close the d[G]oor I ain't going down to[Am] the mines to[C]day I want c[Am]lear blue ski[C]es and who[G]le lot more I ain't going down to the m[Am]ine There's[C] a hole in th[Am]is bucket I've b[C]een carrying a[Am]round I fi[C]ll it up to [Am]the top and wa[C]tch it spill on the[Am] ground I go [C]down to th[Am]e mines and wh[C]en I come ba[Am]ck up I go[G]t nothin' to show but the sweat on my [Am]brow Thes[C]e hills a[Am]re my own f[C]lesh and bo[Am]nes There[C] all that [Am]I love and the[C]re all that [Am]I know Plea[C]se don't a[Am]sk me to d[C]estroy my ho[Am]me I'm not[G] gonna choose between my heart and soul, so Call [C]the Captain [Am]tell him I[C] ain't comin[Am]g in He ca[C]n dig his own [Am]coal something[C] else is hap[Am]pening Th[C]is living [Am]that making is[C] doing a s[Am]in So call [G]the captain, call the captain,....call the captain [C] [Am] [C] [Am] [G] [C] [Am] (chorus) He[C]ar the whis[Am]tle blow t[C]his mor[Am]ning Hear th[C]e whistle blow t[Am]oday He[C]ar the whistle blow this mo[Am]rning (chorus) I [C]ain't going down to the m[Am]ine I ai[G]n't going down to the [Am]mine END