Coal Miners Daughter Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
Coal Miners Daughter
Written and Recorded by Loretta Lynn
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Well I was born a
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coal miner's
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daughter
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hill in Butcher
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Holler
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poor but we had love
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one thing that daddy made
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sure
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make a poor man's
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dollar
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night in the family
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coal
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field a-hoin'
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corn
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rocked the babies at night
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Bible by the coal oil
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light
And everything would start all
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over come break of
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morn'
Daddy loved and raised eight
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kids on a miner's
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pay
Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a
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washboard every
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day
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seen her fingers bleed
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plain there was no
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need
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understanding
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way
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didn't have shoes to
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wear
But in the winter time we'd
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all get a brand new
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pair
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mail order catalog
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made from sellin' a
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hog
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get the money
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somewhere
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coal miner's
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daughter
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well where I drew
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water
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work we done was hard
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sleep 'cause we were
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tired
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ever leave Butcher
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Well a lot of things have
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changed since way back
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then
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back home a
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gain
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Not much left but the floor
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lives here any
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more
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coal miner's
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daughter
FAQ
Who sang the the song Coal Miners Daughter?
- The song Coal Miners Daughter was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.
