Chords for Joe Hill
Tempo:
63.5 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
A
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] The old hegland came from Sweden, which was very far from Eden.
[E] By the time he left, most of his family died.
so was one remaining sibling
heard the streets were paved with [E] gold.
the bill of goods that
[A] with artistry and skill.
[E] name to Joe Hill.
[E] workers of
[E] By the time he left, most of his family died.
so was one remaining sibling
heard the streets were paved with [E] gold.
the bill of goods that
[A] with artistry and skill.
[E] name to Joe Hill.
[E] workers of
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_ _ _ [B] The old hegland came from Sweden, which was very far from Eden.
[E] By the time he left, most of his family died.
[B] His sisters and his mother, his father and his brothers, so was one remaining sibling
at his side.
[A] He got an ocean to sail across the ocean where he heard the streets were paved with [E] gold.
Not long [B] after his arrival, as he toiled for survival, he realized the bill of goods that
[E] he'd been sold.
He got a whole lot wiser, became an organizer, and he organized [A] with artistry and skill.
He [B] spoke up, raised his fist, got right on the [F#] blacklist.
That's why he changed his [E] name to Joe Hill.
[A] He heard that it was best if he headed to the West, where the industrial [E] workers of
the world were finding the solution for making [F#] revolution with Red Songbook and Red Flag Unfurled.
A hundred years ago, the bard [A] with the union card [E] proved his music was too powerful, [B] too strong.
They couldn't stand the [A] sound.
They had to take him [B] down, lest he organize the [E] working class in song.
_ Soon as he paid his dues, he tried hard to light the fuse, speaking, singing, writing
lyrics and cartoons.
He sent off the whole mess to the [B] wobbly press, and they sang his songs as they fought the goons.
[A] He joined a singing movement that fought for improvement by abolishing wage [E] slavery worldwide.
[B] He sang the wobbly line, beseeching workers to combine.
Learned from Mr.
Block, the bosses lied.
[F#m] A hundred years ago, the [A] bard with the union [E] card proved his music was [B] too powerful, too strong.
[F#m] They couldn't stand the sound.
They had to take [B] him down, lest he organize the working class in song.
_ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ His life would be cut short by a kangaroo court, eager to determine one [A] man's fate.
[B] Evidence was circumstantial, but that's inconsequential when you've become an enemy [E] of the state.
They [A] put him up against the wall.
That was all.
They gunned him down in 1915.
He took [B] all the bullets he could take, there by the salt lake, for being the best bard
they'd ever seen.
A hundred [F#m] years ago, the bard [A] with the union card [E] proved his music was too powerful, [B] too strong.
[F#m] They couldn't stand the sound.
[A] They had to take him [B] down, lest he organize the working class in song.
[F#m] A hundred years ago, the [E] bard with the union card proved his music was [B] too powerful, too strong.
[F#m] They couldn't stand the sound.
They had to take [B] him down, lest he organize the working class in song.
Lest he organize the working class [E] in song.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
[E] By the time he left, most of his family died.
[B] His sisters and his mother, his father and his brothers, so was one remaining sibling
at his side.
[A] He got an ocean to sail across the ocean where he heard the streets were paved with [E] gold.
Not long [B] after his arrival, as he toiled for survival, he realized the bill of goods that
[E] he'd been sold.
He got a whole lot wiser, became an organizer, and he organized [A] with artistry and skill.
He [B] spoke up, raised his fist, got right on the [F#] blacklist.
That's why he changed his [E] name to Joe Hill.
[A] He heard that it was best if he headed to the West, where the industrial [E] workers of
the world were finding the solution for making [F#] revolution with Red Songbook and Red Flag Unfurled.
A hundred years ago, the bard [A] with the union card [E] proved his music was too powerful, [B] too strong.
They couldn't stand the [A] sound.
They had to take him [B] down, lest he organize the [E] working class in song.
_ Soon as he paid his dues, he tried hard to light the fuse, speaking, singing, writing
lyrics and cartoons.
He sent off the whole mess to the [B] wobbly press, and they sang his songs as they fought the goons.
[A] He joined a singing movement that fought for improvement by abolishing wage [E] slavery worldwide.
[B] He sang the wobbly line, beseeching workers to combine.
Learned from Mr.
Block, the bosses lied.
[F#m] A hundred years ago, the [A] bard with the union [E] card proved his music was [B] too powerful, too strong.
[F#m] They couldn't stand the sound.
They had to take [B] him down, lest he organize the working class in song.
_ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ His life would be cut short by a kangaroo court, eager to determine one [A] man's fate.
[B] Evidence was circumstantial, but that's inconsequential when you've become an enemy [E] of the state.
They [A] put him up against the wall.
That was all.
They gunned him down in 1915.
He took [B] all the bullets he could take, there by the salt lake, for being the best bard
they'd ever seen.
A hundred [F#m] years ago, the bard [A] with the union card [E] proved his music was too powerful, [B] too strong.
[F#m] They couldn't stand the sound.
[A] They had to take him [B] down, lest he organize the working class in song.
[F#m] A hundred years ago, the [E] bard with the union card proved his music was [B] too powerful, too strong.
[F#m] They couldn't stand the sound.
They had to take [B] him down, lest he organize the working class in song.
Lest he organize the working class [E] in song.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _