{"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":2130415,"song":"Ludlow","artist":"Jason Boland & The Stragglers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11462445-ludlow-chords-by-jason-boland-the-stragglers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2130415?type=chord","rating":0.18011,"votes":0,"content":"Tuning: Standard with Capo 2\r\n\r\nNote: You can also play this song in open E.\r\nI have not seen them play this song, so I don't know if it's open E or Capo 2.\r\nCapo 2 is easier to do with the passing tones.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo man should have to live his life a slave[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the few at the top that reap the gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey murder every prophet for as long as it's been told[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe enemies of both the pure and brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord, save us before there ain't much left to save[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe stopped work and held up in the camps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUnderneath the Colorado stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Baldwin Felts thugs and the National Guard[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere called in to put out the lamp[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the blessings of our dear old Uncle Sam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nThe blood sure did flow up in Ludlow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe air became full of smoke and lead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe blood sure did flow up in Ludlow my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] ? [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey left a lot of decent people dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe holes where a few had tried to hide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoon enough were turned to shallow graves[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor at least eleven children that no one there could save[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe death special took another ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh at night I hear their lonesome mothers cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\n'Cause the blood sure did flow up in Ludlow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe air became full of smoke and lead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe blood sure did flow up in Ludlow my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey left a lot of decent people dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break] \r\n[ch]C[/ch] ? [ch]D[/ch] ? [ch]G[/ch] ? [ch]G/F#[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] ? [ch]D[/ch] ? [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] ? [ch]D[/ch] ? [ch]G[/ch] ? [ch]G/F#[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] ? [ch]C[/ch] ? [ch]D[/ch] ? [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn Engineer took mercy on our souls[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe stopped the train right in the line of fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGave us folks a chance to escape the funeral pyre[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe story that I tell you must be told[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBetter wake up now before we're all too old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\n'Cause the blood sure did flow up in Ludlow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe air became full of smoke and lead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe blood sure did flow up in Ludlow my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey left a lot of decent people dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh the blood sure did flow up in Ludlow my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             ([ch]G[/ch])\r\nThey left a lot of decent people dead[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard with Capo 2\n\nNote: You can also play this song in open E.\nI have not seen them play this song, so I don't know if it's open E or Capo 2.\nCapo 2 is easier to do with the passing tones.\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\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[Break] \nC ? D ? G ? G/F# - Em ? D ? G\nC ? D ? G ? G/F# - Em ? C ? D ? G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","G","D","C","Am","G/F#","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}