{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1500351,"song":"Ironmasters","artist":"The Men They Couldn't Hang","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11275787-ironmasters-chords-by-the-men-they-couldn-t-hang/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1500351?type=chord","rating":4.74626,"votes":7,"content":"There seems to be 2 versions of this track, the first in standard tuning and another,\r\n(the original album version I think), which is tuned slightly sharp, (about a quarter step).\r\nI'm guessing the track has been sped up slightly. Other than that it's a fun track to play.\r\nMakes me wish I owned a banjo! (It's a mandolin/bazouki on the recording.)\r\nThe chords in brackets are not played but you can put them in if you like, (I do).\r\n\r\n\r\n Intro:\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n Verse 1:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Oh this is an old story that's rarely ever told, the raping of the country, of the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The men who came to reap with a musket and a bible they wanted to take the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n The valley, the valley, they wanted to take the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And oh the ironmasters, they always get their way[/tab]\r\n\r\n Verse 2:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And so for a pittance all the people worked the land, all the men and the women and the children[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And on Sundays it was down to the chapel in the town, the preacher said give generously[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Give generously, give generously, the people they gave generously[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And oh the ironmasters, they always get their way[/tab]\r\n\r\n Verse 3:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The union met in secret on the dark side of the hill by the light of a thousand candles[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Their pay had been cut, all the people come on out and by scores they were joining Rebecca[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Rebecca, Rebecca, the people were joining Rebecca[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And oh the ironmasters, they always get their way[/tab]\r\n\r\n Break:\r\n [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n Chorus:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Ironmasters, call the army, call the hungry from the Irish sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Ironmasters, call the parliament, it's no sin to fight to be free[/tab]\r\n\r\n Verse 4:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n From the smokey stacks of Merthyr to the hills of Ebber vale from Swansea docks to Merseyside and Liverpool[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n With the union leaders crushed and the union quickly smashed they blackened the face of the country[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n The country, the country, they blackened the face of the country[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And oh the ironmasters, they always get their way[/tab]\r\n\r\n Verse 5:\r\n[tab] ([ch]D[/ch]) ([ch]Bm[/ch]) ([ch]A[/ch]) ([ch]D[/ch]) ([ch]G[/ch])([ch]D[/ch])\r\n Now on a hill in Brecon is Crawshay's ruined house and it blackens out the green of the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab] ([ch]D[/ch]) ([ch]Bm[/ch]) ([ch]A[/ch]) ([ch]D[/ch]) ([ch]A[/ch]) ([ch]D[/ch])\r\n And on his battered grave is the epitaph they gave it stands there, god forgive him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Forgive him, forgive him, and all who rot in hell with him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And oh the ironmasters, they always get their way[/tab]\r\n\r\n Break:\r\n [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n Chorus:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Ironmasters, call the army, call the hungry from the Irish sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Ironmasters, call the parliament, it's no sin to fight to be free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And oh the ironmasters, they always get their way[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And oh the ironmasters, they still get their way[/tab]","plain_text":"There seems to be 2 versions of this track, the first in standard tuning and another,\n(the original album version I think), which is tuned slightly sharp, (about a quarter step).\nI'm guessing the track has been sped up slightly. Other than that it's a fun track to play.\nMakes me wish I owned a banjo! (It's a mandolin/bazouki on the recording.)\nThe chords in brackets are not played but you can put them in if you like, (I do).\n\n\n Intro:\n D Bm A D G D\n\n Verse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n Verse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n Verse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n Break:\n D\n\n Chorus:\n\n\n\n Verse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n Verse 5:\n\n\n\n\n\n Break:\n D\n\n Chorus:","chords":["D","Bm","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}