{"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":2021495,"song":"Mr Block","artist":"Joe Hill","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11448702-mr-block-chords-by-joe-hill/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2021495?type=chord","rating":0.07361,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPlease give me your attention, I'll introduce to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nA man who is a credit to the old Red White and Blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis head is made of lumber and solid as a rock[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe is a common worker and his name is Mr. Block[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd Block he thinks he may be president some day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh Mr. Block, you were born by mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou take the cake, you make me ache[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[Go] tie a rock on your block and then jump in the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKindly do that for Liberty's sake![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes, Mr. Block is lucky - he got a job, by gee![/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe shark got seven dollars for job and fare and fee[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey shipped him to a desert and dumped him with his truck[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut when he tried to find his job he sure was out of luck[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe shouted, \"That's too raw! I'll fix them with the law!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh Mr. Block, you were born by mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou take the cake, you make me ache[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[Go] tie a rock on your block and then jump in the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKindly do that for Liberty's sake![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBlock hiked back to the city but wasn't doing well[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe said \"I'll join the union, the great AF of L\".[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe got a job that morning, got fired by the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I'll see Sam Gompers and he'll fix that foreman right!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSam Gompers said, \"You see, you've got our sympa-thy.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh Mr. Block, you were born by mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou take the cake, you make me ache[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[Go] tie a rock on your block and then jump in the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKindly do that for Liberty's sake![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse 4]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nE-lection day he shouted, \"A Socialist for Mayor!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe comrade got elected [and] he happy was for fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut after the election he got an awful shock[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[When] a great big socialistic bull did rap him on the block[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd Comrade Block did sob, \"I helped him get his job!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh Mr. Block, you were born by mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou take the cake, you make me ache[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[Go] tie a rock on your block and then jump in the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKindly do that for Liberty's sake![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe money kings in Cuba blew up the gunboat Maine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut Block got awful angry and blamed it all on Spain.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe went right in the battle and there he lost his leg,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd now he's peddling shoestrings and is walking on a peg.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe shouts, \"Remember Maine, Hurrah! To hell with Spain!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh Mr. Block, you were born by mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou take the cake, you make me ache[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[Go] tie a rock on your block and then jump in the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKindly do that for Liberty's sake![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPoor Block he died one evening, I'm very glad to state[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe climbed the golden ladder up to the pearly gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Oh Mister Peter, one thing I'd like to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'd like to meet the Astorbilts and John D Rockerfell!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOld Pete said, \"Is that so? You'll meet them down be-low!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOh Mr. Block, you were born by mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou take the cake, you make me ache[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[Go] tie a rock on your block and then jump in the lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKindly do that for Liberty's sake![/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","E","B","F#","Bm","E7","B7","A7","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}