1913 Massacre chords by Arlo Guthrie
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
Take a trip (G major) with me in nine
(D major) teen thirteen (G major)
To Calu (C major) met, (A minor) Michigan (E minor)
in (G major) the copper (A minor) country
(G major) I'll take you to a place
called Italian (C major) Hall (G major)
And the miners are having
their big (D major) Christmas ball
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Verse 2
I'll (G major) take you in a door and up
a (D major) high stair (G major) s
Singing (C major) and dan (A minor) cing (E minor) is
(G major) heard (A minor) everywhere (G major)
I'll let you shake hands
with the (C major) people you see (G major)
(C major) And (G major) watch the kids dance 'round
the big (D major) Christmas tree.
(G major)
Verse 3
There's talking and laughing
and song (D major) s in the air (G major)
And the spirit (C major) of Christ (G major) mas is
there (A minor) everywhere (G major)
Before you know it you're
friend (C major) s with us all (G major)
And you're dancing around
and around (D major) in the hall
(G major)
Verse 4
You ask about work and you
ask (D major) about pay (G major)
They'll tell (C major) you they (A minor) make (G major) less
than a dollar (A minor) a day (G major)
Working their copper claims,
risking (C major) their lives (G major)
So it's fun to spend Christmas
with children (D major) and wives.
(G major)
Verse 5
A little girl sits down by
the Christmas (D major) tree light (G major) s
To play (C major) (A minor) the piano (G major) so you got
(A minor) ta keep quiet (G major)
To hear all this fun; you
would not (C major) real (G major) ize
That the copper boss thug
men are milling (D major) outside
(G major)
Verse 6
The copper boss thugs stuck
their heads (D major) in the door (G major)
One (C major) of them (A minor) yelled (G major) and he screamed,
(A minor) "There's a fire" (G major)
A lady she hollered,
"There's no (C major) such a thing, (G major)
Keep on with your party,
there's no (D major) such a (G major) thing."
Verse 7
(G major)
A few people rushed and
there's only (D major) a few (G major)
"It's (C major) just the (G major) thugs and the scab
(A minor) s fooling you." (G major)
A man grabbed his daughter
and he carried (C major) her down (G major)
But the thugs held the door
and he could (D major) not (G major) get out.
Verse 8
(G major)
And then others followed,
about a hundred or more
But most (C major) everybody (G major) (E minor) re
(G major) mained (A minor) on the floor (G major)
The gun thugs,
they laughed at their murderous (C major) joke (G major)
And the children were smothered on
the stair (D major) s by the door.
(G major)
Verse 9
Such a terrible sight I nev
er (D major) did see (G major)
We carried (C major) our chil (G major) dren back up (A minor) to their tree
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1913 Massacre
Arlo Guthrie
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