[Intro]
      
      


[Verse 1]
            
Now God made c

             
oal for the me

              
n who sold the

             
ir lives to We

       
st Van Lear
            
And you keep o

              
n diggin' 'til

             
 you get down 

              
there where it

             
's darker than

       
 your darkest 

fears

            
And that woman

              
 in the kitche

             
n she keeps on

              
 cookin' but s

             
he ain't had m

        
eat in years
            
Just live off 

             
bread and live

              
 off hope and 

             
a pool of a mi

            
llion tears


[Verse 2]
            
Now lemme tell

              
 you somethin'

             
 'bout the gos

             
pel and make s

              
ure that you m

       
ark it down
            
When God spoke

             
 out "Let ther

              
e be light" he

             
 put the first

              
 of us in the 


ground

            
And we'll keep

              
 on diggin' 't

             
il the comin' 

              
of the Lord an

             
d Gabriel's tr

      
umpet sounds
            
'Cause if you 

              
ain't minin' f

             
or the company

             
, boy, there a

              
in't much in t

         
his town


[Chorus]
             
We coulda made

              
 somethin' of 

             
ourselves out 

              
there if we'da

             
 listened to t

              
he folks that 

     
knew
            
That co---oa--

 
-oal is gonna 

bury you


[Solo]
     x3
      


[Verse 3]
            
Now it's darke

             
r than a dunge

             
on and it's de

            
eper than a we

ll
            
So sometimes I

             
 imagine that 

             
I'm getting pr

              
etty close to 


hell

            
And in my dark

            
est hour, I cr

             
y out to the L

ord
            
He says keep o

             
n a-minin' boy

             
 'cause that's

              
 why you were 

     
born


[Chorus]
             
We coulda made

              
 somethin' of 

             
ourselves out 

              
there if we'da

             
 listened to t

              
he folks that 

     
knew
            
That co---oa--

             
-oal is gonna 

         
bury you


[Solo]
     x3