Chords for Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre
Tempo:
119.9 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[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 are [F#] having their [B] big Christmas ball
I'll take you in the door and up the high stairs
Singing [E] and dancing is heard [B] 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
They'll [E] tell you they make less than a dollar [B] 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 so you [B] 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
One of [E] them yelled and he [B] screamed, there's a fire
A lady she [E] hollered, there's no [B] such a thing
Keep on with [F#] 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
But most [E] everybody remained on [B] the floor
The gun thugs they laughed at their murderous joke
While the children [F#] were smothered on the [B] 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 a [B] cold Christmas moon
The parents they cried and the miners they moaned
[F#] See what your greed for [B] money has done
See what your greed for money has done
To Calumet, Michigan in the Copper Country
I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall
And the miners are [F#] having their [B] big Christmas ball
I'll take you in the door and up the high stairs
Singing [E] and dancing is heard [B] 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
They'll [E] tell you they make less than a dollar [B] 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 so you [B] 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
One of [E] them yelled and he [B] screamed, there's a fire
A lady she [E] hollered, there's no [B] such a thing
Keep on with [F#] 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
But most [E] everybody remained on [B] the floor
The gun thugs they laughed at their murderous joke
While the children [F#] were smothered on the [B] 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 a [B] cold Christmas moon
The parents they cried and the miners they moaned
[F#] See what your greed for [B] money has done
See what your greed for money has done
Key:
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E
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E
F#
B
E
[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 _ are [F#] having their [B] big Christmas ball
_ _ _ I'll take you in the door and up the high stairs
Singing [E] and dancing is heard [B] 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
_ _ They'll [E] tell you they make less than a dollar [B] 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 so you [B] 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
_ One of [E] them yelled and he [B] screamed, there's a fire
A lady she [E] hollered, there's no [B] such a thing
Keep on with _ [F#] 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
But most [E] everybody remained on [B] the floor
The gun thugs they laughed at their murderous joke
While the children _ [F#] _ were smothered on the [B] 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 a [B] cold Christmas moon _
The parents they cried and the miners they _ _ _ _ moaned
_ _ [F#] See what _ _ _ your greed for [B] money has done
See what your greed for money has done _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
To Calumet, Michigan in the Copper Country
_ I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall
_ _ _ And the _ miners _ are [F#] having their [B] big Christmas ball
_ _ _ I'll take you in the door and up the high stairs
Singing [E] and dancing is heard [B] 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
_ _ They'll [E] tell you they make less than a dollar [B] 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 so you [B] 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
_ One of [E] them yelled and he [B] screamed, there's a fire
A lady she [E] hollered, there's no [B] such a thing
Keep on with _ [F#] 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
But most [E] everybody remained on [B] the floor
The gun thugs they laughed at their murderous joke
While the children _ [F#] _ were smothered on the [B] 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 a [B] cold Christmas moon _
The parents they cried and the miners they _ _ _ _ moaned
_ _ [F#] See what _ _ _ your greed for [B] money has done
See what your greed for money has done _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _