Harriet Tubman's Ballad (part 1)

Harriet Tubman's Ballad (part 1) easy guitar chords by Woody Guthrie

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  • Verse 1
    went 
    back 
    home 
    and 
    I got my 
    parents. 

    loaded them 
    in 
    to 
    a buckboard 
    hike. 

    We 
    crossed 
    six 
    states 

    and 
    other slaves 
    followed. 

    Up 
    to 
    Canada 
    made our 
    tracks. 

    One 
    slave 
    got scared 

    and 
    he tried to 
    turn backwards 

    pulled my 
    pistol 
    in 
    front of his 
    eyes 

    said get 
    up 
    and 
    walk to 
    your freedom 

    Or 
    by this 
    fireball 
    you 
    will 
    die 

    When 
    John 
    Brown 
    hit them 

    at 
    Harper's 
    Ferry, 

    my 
    men was 
    fighting 
    right 
    by his 
    side. 

    When 
    John 
    Brown swung 
    upon 
    his gallows, 

    it 
    was then I 
    hung my 
    head and 
    cried. 

    Give 
    the black 
    man guns 

    and 
    give him 
    powder 
    to 
    blink. 

    And 
    this I 
    said, 

    you've 
    just 
    crippled 
    that 

    snake 
    of slavery. 

    We've 
    got 
    to fight 
    to kill 
    him dead. 

    When 
    we 
    faced 
    the 
    guns 
    of lightning, 

    and 
    the 
    thunders 
    broke 
    our 
    sleep. 

    After 
    we waded 
    the 
    bloody 
    rainstorms, 

    it was 
    dead 
    men that 
    we reaped. 

    Yes, 
    we 
    faced 
    the 
    zig 
    -zag lightning, 

    But 
    it was 
    worth 
    the 
    price 
    we paid. 

    When 
    our 
    thunder 
    had 
    rumbled 
    over, 

    We'd 
    laid 
    slavery 
    in 
    its 
    grave. 

    Come 
    now 
    and stand 

    around 
    my 
    deathbed, 

    and 
    I will 
    sing 
    some 
    spirit 
    songs. 

    I'm 
    on my 
    way 
    to 
    my greater 
    union. 

    Now 
    my 
    ninety 
    -three years 
    are gone. 


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