Chords for Ballad of a Wobbly

Tempo:
196.75 bpm
Chords used:

E

F#

C#m

B

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ballad of a Wobbly chords
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[E]
[C#m]
[E]
[C#m]
[E] I came to this country, [A] left Scotland far behind, [E] evicted from the highlands, told to [F#] go and find
a new life in America, [C#m] across the Atlantic Sea,
[E] where I joined the millions of other refugees,
ended up at Ellis Island [F#m] as the century began, [E]
[B] wretched of [E] the earth from every foreign land.
I came to this country broken [F#] and bereft, [E] I quickly saw I'd have been no [C#m] worse off [F#] if I'd
never left, such awful deprivations [E] as I'd [F#] never had to face, [E] born by Swedes and Russians, Africans
and every other race, millions of people [F#m] trying not to end up dead [B] from cholera [E] or black lung
or getting clubbed on the head.
[F#]
I came to this country to have something on my fork, [E] it was
obvious the first thing was to get out of New York, I learned to hop the free trains, some other
schiz and I, taught a westbound rattler [C#m] to give Oregon [E]
a try, signed up for the logging camps,
[F#] became a timber beast, [B] if I'd stayed there [E] any longer I'd have surely been deceased.
When I came to this country [C#m] I worked the copper [F#]
mines in Butte, [E] I was a candy dancer in [A] Spokane
in a candy [E]
dancer suit, I heard the rebel girls speak one [A] night in a [F#] railway yard, [E] I joined the
union right away, got my first red card, became a hobo organizer [C#] for the one big union brand,
preaching the [E] wobbly gospel across the starving land.
[C#m] [F#]
[E]
[A] [F#]
[E] I came to this country, I soon [F#] enough lost
track [E] of the number of times I felt a [F#] billy club upon my back, [E] or how many times I saw the [A] tents
with [E]
freezing kids working in the mines instead of living [F#]
on the skids, how many times I heard
the horrid crying from below [C#] of those trapped there [E] in the dungeons with nowhere left to go.
I came to this country, [C#m] it was a time [F#]
of desperation, [E] the red flags flew all [F#]
across
the nation, when the war began in Europe [C#m] we refused to [F#] die and kill, [E] we refused to fight
a boss's war [C#m] and serve the [F#]
boss's will, that's when they got the legion to burn down our union halls,
[B] all across [E] the land there used to be four walls.
[C#m] [F#]
[E] I came to this country, I had no great [F#]
expectations,
[E] but I didn't think I'd end up back [F#] here awaiting deportation.
[E] On a steamship on the Hudson,
[C#m] I watched the sunset fade [E] with 20,000 others swept [A] up in [B] the power raids, [E] counting myself lucky
[F#m] that I'm still alive, [B] remembering [E] the moment that I first arrived.
I came to this country,
[C#m] I [F#] [E]
came to this country, [C#m]
[F#] [B] I came to this country.
[E] [F#]
[B]
Key:  
E
2311
F#
134211112
C#m
13421114
B
12341112
A
1231
E
2311
F#
134211112
C#m
13421114
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] I came to this country, [A] left Scotland far behind, [E] _ _ evicted from the highlands, _ told to [F#] go and find
_ a new life in America, _ [C#m] _ across the Atlantic Sea, _
[E] _ where I joined the millions of other _ refugees, _
ended up at Ellis Island _ [F#m] as the century _ began, [E] _ _
[B] wretched of [E] the earth _ from every foreign land. _
I came to this country _ _ broken [F#] and bereft, _ [E] I quickly saw I'd have been no [C#m] worse off [F#] if I'd
never left, _ such awful _ _ _ deprivations [E] as I'd [F#] never had to face, [E] _ _ born by Swedes and Russians, Africans
and every other race, _ millions _ of people _ [F#m] trying not to end up dead [B] from cholera [E] or black lung
or getting clubbed on the head. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ I came to this country to have something on my fork, [E] it was _
obvious the first thing was to get out of New York, _ I learned to hop the free trains, some other
schiz and I, _ _ taught a westbound rattler [C#m] to give Oregon [E]
a try, _ _ signed up for the logging camps,
[F#] _ became a timber beast, [B] if I'd stayed there [E] any longer _ I'd have surely been deceased.
_ _ When I came to this country [C#m] I worked the copper [F#]
mines in Butte, [E] I was a candy dancer in _ [A] Spokane
in a candy [E]
dancer suit, _ I heard the rebel girls speak one [A] night in a [F#] railway yard, [E] I joined the
union right away, got my first red card, became a hobo _ organizer _ [C#] for the one big union brand,
_ _ preaching the [E] wobbly gospel _ across the starving land. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] I came to this country, _ I soon [F#] enough lost
track [E] of the number of times I felt a [F#] billy club upon my back, [E] _ or how many times I saw the [A] tents
with [E] _
freezing kids _ working in the mines instead of living [F#]
on the skids, _ how many times I heard
the horrid _ crying from below _ [C#] of those trapped there [E] in the dungeons with nowhere left to go.
_ _ I came to this country, [C#m] it was a time [F#] _
of desperation, [E] the red flags flew _ _ all [F#]
across
the nation, _ when the war began in Europe [C#m] we refused to [F#] die and kill, [E] we refused to fight
a boss's war [C#m] and serve the [F#]
boss's will, _ that's when they got the legion to burn down our union halls,
_ _ [B] all across [E] the land _ there used to be four walls. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] _ I came to this country, I had no great [F#] _
expectations,
_ [E] but I didn't think I'd end up back [F#] here awaiting _ _ deportation.
[E] On a steamship on the Hudson,
_ [C#m] I watched the sunset _ fade [E] with 20,000 others swept [A] up in [B] the power _ raids, [E] _ _ counting myself lucky
_ [F#m] that I'm still alive, [B] _ _ remembering [E] the moment _ that I first _ arrived.
_ I came to this country,
_ [C#m] _ I [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
came to this country, _ [C#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ I came to this country.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _