{"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":2808968,"song":"1913 Massacre","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2808968-1913-massacre-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2808968?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":11,"content":"This is a Woody Guthrie song that Bob Dylan adapted for his style.\r\nThis is in ¾ time but is a bit of dirge. A sad song.\r\nPlay along with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOZJ5332Pvs\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake a trip with me in 1913[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo Calumet, Michigan, in the copper country.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll take you to a place called EYE talian Hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the miners…………….[/tab]\r\n(4 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nare having their big Christmas ball.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll take you indoor, and up a high stair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's singin' and dancin', it's heard everywhere,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll let you shake hands with the people you see[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd watch…………….[/tab]\r\n\r\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe kids dance round the big Christmas tree.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's singin' and dancin' and songs in the air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn' the spirit of Christmas is there everywhere,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore you know, you're friends with us all[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you're dancin'…………….[/tab]\r\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\naround and around in the hall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou ask about work and you ask about pay;[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'll tell you they make less than a dollar a day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust workin' the copper claims, riskin' their lives,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo it's fun…………….[/tab]\r\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n to spend Christmas with children and wives.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA little girl sits by the Christmas tree lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo play piano, she gotta keep quiet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo hear all this fun you would not realize[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the copper…………….[/tab]\r\n(4 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n-boss thug-men are millin' outside.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe copper-thugs stuck their heads through the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne of them yelled and he screamed, \"There's a fire!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA lady, she hollered, \"There's no such a thing![/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeep on …………….[/tab]\r\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith your party, there's no such thing.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA few people rushed, and it's only a few.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"It's just the scabs and the thugs foolin' you.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA man grabbed his daughter and he carried her down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the thugs…………….[/tab]\r\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n held the door and he could not get out.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then others followed, a hundred or more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut most everybody remained on the floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe scabs and the thugs they still laughed at their joke,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the children…………….[/tab]\r\n(2 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n were smothered on the stairs by the door.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSuch a terrible sight I never did see,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe carried our children back up to their tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe scabs and the thugs they still laughed at their spree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the children…………….[/tab]\r\n(2 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n that died there were seventy-three.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe piano played a slow funeral tune,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe parents they weep and the miners they moan,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"See …………….[/tab]\r\n (2 MEASURES OF G)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhat your greed for money has done.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"This is a Woody Guthrie song that Bob Dylan adapted for his style.\nThis is in ¾ time but is a bit of dirge. A sad song.\nPlay along with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOZJ5332Pvs\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n(4 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n(4 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n (4 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n(2 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n(2 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n (2 MEASURES OF G)\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  D  G  C D      G","chords":["A","G","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}