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1913 Massacre

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This is a Woody Guthrie song that Bob Dylan adapted for his style.
This is in ¾ time but is a bit of dirge. A sad song.
Play along with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOZJ5332Pvs
[Verse]
G                      D G
Take a trip with me in 1913
  C                          D      G
To Calumet, Michigan, in the copper country.
                                C         G
I'll take you to a place called EYE talian Hall
          G
Where the miners…………….
(4 MEASURES OF G)
G                D             G       C    G
are having their big Christmas ball.
[Verse]
G                      D G
I'll take you indoor, and up a high stair.
  C                          D      G
There's singin' and dancin', it's heard everywhere,
                                  C         G
I'll let you shake hands with the people you see
          G
And watch…………….
 (4 MEASURES OF G)
G                D             G
the kids dance round the big Christmas tree.
[Verse]
G                      D G
There's singin' and dancin' and songs in the air,
  C                          D      G
An' the spirit of Christmas is there everywhere,
                                C         G
Before you know, you're friends with us all
          G
And you're dancin'…………….
 (4 MEASURES OF G)
G                D          G
around and around in the hall.
[Verse]
G                                 D G
You ask about work and you ask about pay;
  C                                      D      G
They'll tell you they make less than a dollar a day,
                                C              G
Just workin' the copper claims, riskin' their lives,
         G
So it's fun…………….
 (4 MEASURES OF G)
G                          D             G
 to spend Christmas with children and wives.
[Verse]
G                                    D     G
A little girl sits by the Christmas tree lights
   C                           D      G
To play piano, she gotta keep quiet.
                                C       G
To hear all this fun you would not realize
          G
That the copper…………….
(4 MEASURES OF G)
G                  D           G
-boss thug-men are millin' outside.
[Verse]
G                                          D    G
The copper-thugs stuck their heads through the door
  C                                    D        G
One of them yelled and he screamed, "There's a fire!"
                                C         G
A lady, she hollered, "There's no such a thing!
      G
Keep on …………….
 (4 MEASURES OF G)
G                 D              G
with your party, there's no such thing."
[Verse]
G                                  D G
A few people rushed, and it's only a few.
  C                           D           G
"It's just the scabs and the thugs foolin' you."
                                   C          G
A man grabbed his daughter and he carried her down,
          G
But the thugs…………….
 (4 MEASURES OF G)
 G                     D             G
 held the door and he could not get out.
[Verse]
G                                    D  G
And then others followed, a hundred or more,
  C                            D      G
But most everybody remained on the floor.
                                     C              G
The scabs and the thugs they still laughed at their joke,
           G
And the children…………….
(2 MEASURES OF G)
G                       D             G
 were smothered on the stairs by the door.
[Verse]
G                             D    G
Such a terrible sight I never did see,
  C                                 D      G
We carried our children back up to their tree.
                                    C                G
The scabs and the thugs they still laughed at their spree,
          G
And the children…………….
(2 MEASURES OF G)
G                      D       G
 that died there were seventy-three.
[Verse]
G                           D   G
The piano played a slow funeral tune,
  C                           D            G
But the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon,
                                C         G
The parents they weep and the miners they moan,
    G
"See …………….
 (2 MEASURES OF G)
G                D             G
what your greed for money has done."
[Outro]
G  D  G  C D      G

1913 Massacre chords and lyrics

Free chords for 1913 Massacre by Bob Dylan. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

This is a Woody Guthrie song that Bob Dylan adapted for his style.
This is in ¾ time but is a bit of dirge. A sad song.
Play along with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOZJ5332Pvs
[Verse]
(4 MEASURES OF G)
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[Outro]
G  D  G  C D      G

1913 Massacre Chords by Bob Dylan

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