Chords for American Songwriter Live: Della Mae
Tempo:
67.75 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Gm
F
Eb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
All right, [Eb] we're Delamay and we're gonna play Boston Town, which is a song that I wrote.
The band started out in Boston and this is sort of a tribute to that part of ourselves
as well as a tribute to these really powerful ladies called the Lowell Mill Girls
in Lowell, Massachusetts, which is near Boston.
So this is called Boston Town.
[Bb]
Standing on the floor in the city of the spindles
Got me a job, lift me up to the middle
The offering you painted, very pretty picture
Work at the mills, held the promise of the scripture
But [Gm] a girl like me [Bb] was work to the bone
Your fingers bled [F] and your body [Gm] moaned
Fourteen [Bb] hours a day and then my paycheck was half [F] that of the men
[Bb] Looking down with oppression's face
That pile of [F] money they steal and [Bb] waste
Then they said they'd have to cut our pay
So we broke our [F] cage and formed the [Bb] FLRA
Oh, [Gm] they said what a waste of [Eb] a pretty girl
To [Bb] let the labor [F] flag unfurl
[Gm] I said what more [Eb] can you take from me
[Bb] I own my hands [F] and my dignity
[Gm] So we'll ask me to match and we'll [Bb] strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire [Bb] and they'll never put it out
And we'll head back down to Boston Town
[F] [Bb]
[Gm] They said what a [Bb] waste of a pretty girl
To let the [F] labor flag [Gm] unfurl
I said what [Eb] more can you take from [Bb] me
I own my hands and [F] my dignity
[Gm]
So we'll ask me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and [Bb] they'll never put it out
And we'll head back down [F] to Boston
[Gm] Oh, ask me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and they'll never [Bb] put it out
And we'll head back [G] down to Boston
[Gm] Oh, [Bb]
[F] ask [Gm] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [G] me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head [E] back down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and they'll never [Bb] put it out
And we'll [Dm] head back down
Start a fire and they'll never put it out
And [Bb] we'll head back down to Boston Town
And we'll head back down [F] to Boston Town
[Eb] And we'll head back down to [Bb] Boston Town
[Gm] [Bb]
The band started out in Boston and this is sort of a tribute to that part of ourselves
as well as a tribute to these really powerful ladies called the Lowell Mill Girls
in Lowell, Massachusetts, which is near Boston.
So this is called Boston Town.
[Bb]
Standing on the floor in the city of the spindles
Got me a job, lift me up to the middle
The offering you painted, very pretty picture
Work at the mills, held the promise of the scripture
But [Gm] a girl like me [Bb] was work to the bone
Your fingers bled [F] and your body [Gm] moaned
Fourteen [Bb] hours a day and then my paycheck was half [F] that of the men
[Bb] Looking down with oppression's face
That pile of [F] money they steal and [Bb] waste
Then they said they'd have to cut our pay
So we broke our [F] cage and formed the [Bb] FLRA
Oh, [Gm] they said what a waste of [Eb] a pretty girl
To [Bb] let the labor [F] flag unfurl
[Gm] I said what more [Eb] can you take from me
[Bb] I own my hands [F] and my dignity
[Gm] So we'll ask me to match and we'll [Bb] strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire [Bb] and they'll never put it out
And we'll head back down to Boston Town
[F] [Bb]
[Gm] They said what a [Bb] waste of a pretty girl
To let the [F] labor flag [Gm] unfurl
I said what [Eb] more can you take from [Bb] me
I own my hands and [F] my dignity
[Gm]
So we'll ask me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and [Bb] they'll never put it out
And we'll head back down [F] to Boston
[Gm] Oh, ask me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and they'll never [Bb] put it out
And we'll head back [G] down to Boston
[Gm] Oh, [Bb]
[F] ask [Gm] [Eb] [Bb]
[F] [G] me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head [E] back down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and they'll never [Bb] put it out
And we'll [Dm] head back down
Start a fire and they'll never put it out
And [Bb] we'll head back down to Boston Town
And we'll head back down [F] to Boston Town
[Eb] And we'll head back down to [Bb] Boston Town
[Gm] [Bb]
Key:
Bb
Gm
F
Eb
G
Bb
Gm
F
All right, [Eb] we're Delamay and we're gonna play Boston Town, which is a song that I wrote.
The band started out in Boston and this is sort of a tribute to that part of ourselves
as well as a tribute to these really powerful ladies called the Lowell Mill Girls
in Lowell, Massachusetts, which is near Boston.
So this is called Boston Town.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Standing on the floor in the city of the spindles
Got me a job, lift me up to the middle
The offering you painted, very pretty picture
Work at the mills, held the promise of the scripture
But [Gm] a girl like me [Bb] was work to the bone
Your fingers bled [F] and your body [Gm] moaned
Fourteen [Bb] hours a day and then my paycheck was half [F] that of the men
_ [Bb] Looking down with oppression's face
That pile of [F] money they steal and [Bb] waste
Then they said they'd have to cut our pay
So we broke our [F] cage and formed the [Bb] FLRA
Oh, [Gm] they said what a waste of [Eb] a pretty girl
To [Bb] let the labor [F] flag unfurl
[Gm] I said what more [Eb] can you take from me
[Bb] I own my hands [F] and my dignity
_ [Gm] So we'll ask me to match and we'll [Bb] strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire [Bb] and they'll never put it out
And we'll head back down to Boston Town _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] They said what a [Bb] waste of a pretty girl
To let the [F] labor flag [Gm] unfurl
I said what [Eb] more can you take from [Bb] me
I own my hands and [F] my dignity
_ [Gm]
So we'll ask me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and [Bb] they'll never put it out
And we'll head back down [F] to Boston
[Gm] Oh, ask me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and they'll never [Bb] put it out
And we'll head back [G] down to Boston
[Gm] Oh, _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] ask _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head [E] back down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and they'll never [Bb] put it out
And we'll [Dm] head back down
Start a fire and they'll never put it out
And [Bb] we'll head back down to Boston Town
And we'll head back down [F] to Boston Town
[Eb] And we'll head back down to [Bb] Boston Town _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
The band started out in Boston and this is sort of a tribute to that part of ourselves
as well as a tribute to these really powerful ladies called the Lowell Mill Girls
in Lowell, Massachusetts, which is near Boston.
So this is called Boston Town.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Standing on the floor in the city of the spindles
Got me a job, lift me up to the middle
The offering you painted, very pretty picture
Work at the mills, held the promise of the scripture
But [Gm] a girl like me [Bb] was work to the bone
Your fingers bled [F] and your body [Gm] moaned
Fourteen [Bb] hours a day and then my paycheck was half [F] that of the men
_ [Bb] Looking down with oppression's face
That pile of [F] money they steal and [Bb] waste
Then they said they'd have to cut our pay
So we broke our [F] cage and formed the [Bb] FLRA
Oh, [Gm] they said what a waste of [Eb] a pretty girl
To [Bb] let the labor [F] flag unfurl
[Gm] I said what more [Eb] can you take from me
[Bb] I own my hands [F] and my dignity
_ [Gm] So we'll ask me to match and we'll [Bb] strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire [Bb] and they'll never put it out
And we'll head back down to Boston Town _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] They said what a [Bb] waste of a pretty girl
To let the [F] labor flag [Gm] unfurl
I said what [Eb] more can you take from [Bb] me
I own my hands and [F] my dignity
_ [Gm]
So we'll ask me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and [Bb] they'll never put it out
And we'll head back down [F] to Boston
[Gm] Oh, ask me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back [F] down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and they'll never [Bb] put it out
And we'll head back [G] down to Boston
[Gm] Oh, _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] ask _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] me to match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head [E] back down to Boston [Gm] Town
Start a fire and they'll never [Bb] put it out
And we'll [Dm] head back down
Start a fire and they'll never put it out
And [Bb] we'll head back down to Boston Town
And we'll head back down [F] to Boston Town
[Eb] And we'll head back down to [Bb] Boston Town _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _