1913 Massacre Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Take [G]a trip with me in nine
[D]teen [G]thirteen
To Calu[C]met, [Am]Michigan[Em]
in [G]the cop[Am]per country
[G]I'll take you to a place
called [C]Italian [G]Hall
And the miners are having
their big [D]Christmas ball

[Verse 2]
[G]I'll take you in a door and up
[D]a high stairs[G]
[C]Singing and dan[Am]cing [Em]is
[G]heard [Am]everywhere[G]
I'll let you shake hands
with the [C]people you [G]see
[C]And wat[G]ch the kids dance 'round
the big [D]Christmas tree.
[G]

[Verse 3]
There's talking and laughing
and song[D]s in the a[G]ir
And [C]the spirit of [G]Christmas is
[Am]there every[G]where
Before you know it you're
[C]friends with us [G]all
And you're dancing around
and [D]around in the hall
[G]

[Verse 4]
You ask about work and you
[D]ask about [G]pay
They'll [C]tell you they [Am]make [G]less
than [Am]a dollar a [G]day
Working their copper claims,
[C]risking their [G]lives
So it's fun to spend Christmas
with [D]children and wives.
[G]

[Verse 5]
A little girl sits down by
[D]the Christmas tree light[G]s
[C]To play [Am]the piano [G]so you got
[Am]ta keep qu[G]iet
To hear all this fun; you
would [C]not [G]realize
That the copper boss thug
men [D]are milling outside
[G]

[Verse 6]
The copper boss thugs stuck
their heads [D]in the [G]door
[C]One of them [Am]yelled [G]and he screamed,
[Am]"There's a fir[G]e"
A lady she hollered,
"There's [C]no such a [G]thing,
Keep on with your party,
there's [D]no such a [G]thing."

[Verse 7]
[G]
A few people rushed and
there's [D]only [G]a few
"It's [C]just the [G]thugs and the scab
[Am]s fooling yo[G]u."
A man grabbed his daughter
and [C]he carried her [G]down
But the thugs held the door
and [D]he could not [G]get out.

[Verse 8]
[G]
And then others followed,
about a hundred or more
But [C]most every[G]body [Em]re
[G]mained [Am]on the floo[G]r
The gun thugs,
they laughed at their [C]murderous [G]joke
And the children were smothered on
the [D]stairs by the door.
[G]

[Verse 9]
Such a terrible sight I nev
[D]er did [G]see
[C]We carried our chil[G]dren back up [Am]to their tree

[Outro 1]
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