Chords for 1913 Massacre Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Tempo:
86.675 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
Em
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] Take a trip with [F#] me in [B] 1913 [E] To Calumet, Michigan in the [B] copper country
I'll take you to a place [Em] called [B] Italian Hall And the miners are having [F#] their [B] big Christmas
ball I'll take you in a [F#] door and up [B] a high stair
[E] Singing and dancing is [B] heard everywhere I'll let you shake [E] hands with the [B] people you
see And watch the kids [F#] dance around the big [B] Christmas
tree There's talking and [F#] laughing and songs [B] in
the air [E] And the spirit of Christmas is [B] there everywhere
Before you [E] know it [B] you're friends with us all
And you're dancing around [F#] [B] in the hall You ask about work [F#] and you [B] ask about pay
[E] They'll tell you they make less than a dollar [B] a day
Working their copper [E] claims, [B] risking their lives
So it's fun to spend [F#] Christmas with [B] children and wives
A little girl [F#] sits down by the Christmas [B] tree [E] lights
To play the piano, she's gotta [B] keep quiet Here all is [Em] fun, you would [B] not realize
That the copper ball thug [F#] men are [B] milling outside
Copper ball thugs [F#] duck their heads [B] in the door
[E] One of them yelled and he [B] screamed, there's a fire
A lady she hollered, [E] there's [B] no such a thing Keep on with your [F#] party, there's no [B] such a thing
A few people rushed and [F#] there's [B] only a few [E] It's just the thugs and the [B] scabs fooling you
A man grabbed his [E] daughter and [B] he carried her down
But the thugs held the [F#] door and he could not [B] get out
And then others [F#] followed him [B] to the door
But
[E] most everybody [B] remained on the floor
The gun thugs they laughed [E] at their [B] murderous joke
And the children [F#] were smothered on the [B] stairs by the door
Such a terrible sight [F#] I [B] never did see
[E] We carried our children [B] back up to their tree
The scabs outside [E] still [B] laughed at their spree
And the children that [F#] died, there [B] were seventy-three
The piano played [F#] a slow [B] funeral tune
[E] And the town was lit up by a cold [B] Christmas moon
The parents they [Em] cried and the [B] miners they moaned
[G#m] See what you've grieved [F#] for [B] money has done
I'll take you to a place [Em] called [B] Italian Hall And the miners are having [F#] their [B] big Christmas
ball I'll take you in a [F#] door and up [B] a high stair
[E] Singing and dancing is [B] heard everywhere I'll let you shake [E] hands with the [B] people you
see And watch the kids [F#] dance around the big [B] Christmas
tree There's talking and [F#] laughing and songs [B] in
the air [E] And the spirit of Christmas is [B] there everywhere
Before you [E] know it [B] you're friends with us all
And you're dancing around [F#] [B] in the hall You ask about work [F#] and you [B] ask about pay
[E] They'll tell you they make less than a dollar [B] a day
Working their copper [E] claims, [B] risking their lives
So it's fun to spend [F#] Christmas with [B] children and wives
A little girl [F#] sits down by the Christmas [B] tree [E] lights
To play the piano, she's gotta [B] keep quiet Here all is [Em] fun, you would [B] not realize
That the copper ball thug [F#] men are [B] milling outside
Copper ball thugs [F#] duck their heads [B] in the door
[E] One of them yelled and he [B] screamed, there's a fire
A lady she hollered, [E] there's [B] no such a thing Keep on with your [F#] party, there's no [B] such a thing
A few people rushed and [F#] there's [B] only a few [E] It's just the thugs and the [B] scabs fooling you
A man grabbed his [E] daughter and [B] he carried her down
But the thugs held the [F#] door and he could not [B] get out
And then others [F#] followed him [B] to the door
But
[E] most everybody [B] remained on the floor
The gun thugs they laughed [E] at their [B] murderous joke
And the children [F#] were smothered on the [B] stairs by the door
Such a terrible sight [F#] I [B] never did see
[E] We carried our children [B] back up to their tree
The scabs outside [E] still [B] laughed at their spree
And the children that [F#] died, there [B] were seventy-three
The piano played [F#] a slow [B] funeral tune
[E] And the town was lit up by a cold [B] Christmas moon
The parents they [Em] cried and the [B] miners they moaned
[G#m] See what you've grieved [F#] for [B] money has done
Key:
B
F#
E
Em
G#m
B
F#
E
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ Take a trip with [F#] me in [B] 1913 [E] To Calumet, Michigan in the [B] copper country
I'll take you to a place [Em] called [B] Italian Hall _ And the miners are having [F#] their [B] big Christmas
ball _ I'll take you in a [F#] door and up [B] a high stair
_ [E] Singing and dancing is [B] heard everywhere _ I'll let you shake [E] hands with the [B] people you
see And watch the kids [F#] dance around the big [B] Christmas
tree _ There's _ talking and [F#] laughing and songs [B] in
the air [E] And the spirit of Christmas is [B] there everywhere
Before you [E] know it [B] you're friends with us all
And you're dancing around [F#] [B] in the hall You ask about work [F#] and you [B] ask about pay
[E] They'll tell you they make less than a dollar [B] a day
Working their copper [E] claims, [B] risking their lives
So it's fun to spend [F#] Christmas with [B] children and wives
_ _ A little girl [F#] sits down by the Christmas [B] tree [E] lights
To play the piano, she's gotta [B] keep quiet Here all is [Em] fun, you would [B] not realize
That the copper ball thug [F#] men are [B] milling outside
_ Copper ball thugs [F#] duck their heads [B] in the door
[E] One of them yelled and he [B] screamed, there's a fire
A lady she hollered, [E] there's [B] no such a thing Keep on with your [F#] party, there's no [B] such a thing
A few people rushed and [F#] there's [B] only a few [E] It's just the thugs and the [B] scabs fooling you
A man grabbed his [E] daughter and [B] he carried her down
But the thugs held the [F#] door and he could not [B] get out
And then others [F#] followed him [B] to the door
But _
[E] most everybody [B] remained on the floor
The gun thugs they laughed [E] at their [B] murderous joke
And the children [F#] were smothered on the [B] stairs by the door
Such a terrible sight [F#] I [B] never did see
[E] We carried our children [B] back up to their tree
The scabs outside [E] still [B] laughed at their spree
_ _ And the children that [F#] died, there [B] were seventy-three _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The piano played [F#] a slow [B] funeral tune
[E] And the town was lit up by a cold [B] Christmas moon
The parents they [Em] cried and the [B] miners they moaned
[G#m] _ _ See what you've grieved [F#] for [B] money has done _ _ _ _ _
I'll take you to a place [Em] called [B] Italian Hall _ And the miners are having [F#] their [B] big Christmas
ball _ I'll take you in a [F#] door and up [B] a high stair
_ [E] Singing and dancing is [B] heard everywhere _ I'll let you shake [E] hands with the [B] people you
see And watch the kids [F#] dance around the big [B] Christmas
tree _ There's _ talking and [F#] laughing and songs [B] in
the air [E] And the spirit of Christmas is [B] there everywhere
Before you [E] know it [B] you're friends with us all
And you're dancing around [F#] [B] in the hall You ask about work [F#] and you [B] ask about pay
[E] They'll tell you they make less than a dollar [B] a day
Working their copper [E] claims, [B] risking their lives
So it's fun to spend [F#] Christmas with [B] children and wives
_ _ A little girl [F#] sits down by the Christmas [B] tree [E] lights
To play the piano, she's gotta [B] keep quiet Here all is [Em] fun, you would [B] not realize
That the copper ball thug [F#] men are [B] milling outside
_ Copper ball thugs [F#] duck their heads [B] in the door
[E] One of them yelled and he [B] screamed, there's a fire
A lady she hollered, [E] there's [B] no such a thing Keep on with your [F#] party, there's no [B] such a thing
A few people rushed and [F#] there's [B] only a few [E] It's just the thugs and the [B] scabs fooling you
A man grabbed his [E] daughter and [B] he carried her down
But the thugs held the [F#] door and he could not [B] get out
And then others [F#] followed him [B] to the door
But _
[E] most everybody [B] remained on the floor
The gun thugs they laughed [E] at their [B] murderous joke
And the children [F#] were smothered on the [B] stairs by the door
Such a terrible sight [F#] I [B] never did see
[E] We carried our children [B] back up to their tree
The scabs outside [E] still [B] laughed at their spree
_ _ And the children that [F#] died, there [B] were seventy-three _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The piano played [F#] a slow [B] funeral tune
[E] And the town was lit up by a cold [B] Christmas moon
The parents they [Em] cried and the [B] miners they moaned
[G#m] _ _ See what you've grieved [F#] for [B] money has done _ _ _ _ _