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