C
[Verse]
C
Three weeks out of prison, he drives the cold Missouri night
Am
There's strip malls and abandoned mines out on the left and the right
C
He drives into Mount Olive and the Becker Funeral Home
Am
Where his daddy's lying with a cold hard stare, black lung and broken bones
[Chorus]
F
The most dangerous woman in America
Am
Is buried on the edge of town
F C
Hey, look out Ma, another miner's going down
[Verse]
C
Well, it's darker than a dungeon down in those abandoned mines
Am
He's drunk in the house of knowledge, plays Sixteen Tonnes a thousand times
C
It's colder than a witch's tit when the wind blows through these streets
Am
Old mining men at the Legion Bar, they're staring at their feet
[Chorus]
F
The most dangerous woman in America
Am
Is buried on the edge of town
F C
Hey, look out Ma, another miner's going down
[Verse]
C
Well, the wind blows through the empty rooms of a corporation barn
Am
There's a little blue man on the kitchen floor, shooting sparks into his arm
C
There's a three-car funeral rolling by, out on the county line
Am
"Bye-bye Daddy, you're heaven bound, but right now, so am I"
[Chorus]
F
The most dangerous woman in America
Am
Is buried on the edge of town
F C
Next to the grave where they lay his daddy down
[Bridge]
F Em
And that night in the house of knowledge, he buys him a thirty-eight
Am C
And drives out to the discount liquor store on the interstate
F Em
The most dangerous woman in America has a tear froze in her eye
Am G
For the sons and daughters of mining men who've lost their way tonight
[Bridge]
Am F Am F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse]
C
Well, bullets fly and one man dies and one drives off alone
Am
To the cemetery at midnight and the grave of Mother Jones
C
He whispers low his daddy's name then, "Mother, I've come to pray and pay
Am
For all you've done for the mining men, back in the violent day
[Chorus]
F
The most dangerous woman in America
Am
Smiles deep in the frozen ground
F C
And there's sirens coming through a dead-end mining town
[Chorus]
F
The most dangerous woman in America
Am
Is buried on the edge of town
F C
Hey, look out Ma, another man is going down
