Hattie Carroll chords by Christy Moore
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Intro 1
(C major) (A minor) (E minor) (C major) (A minor)
(E minor) (C major) (A minor) (E minor)
(C major) (A minor) (E minor)
Verse 1
(E minor) Willi (C major) am (A minor) Zanzinger (E minor) killed Hattie Carroll
With a cane (C major) that he twirled (A minor)
on his dia (E minor) mond ring finger
At a (C major) Baltimore hotel (A minor) soci
(E minor) ety gathering
The po (C major) lice were called in (A minor) and
his weapon (E minor) took from him
They drove (C major) him into custody (A minor)
down (E minor) at the station
Charged (C major) William (A minor) Zanzinger with First (E minor)
Degree Murder
(G major)
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Verse 2
And (F major) you (G major) who philo (C major) sophise (A minor) disgrace
(F major) and cri (G major) ticise my fears (C major)
(F major) Take that (G major) rag away (C major) from (A minor) your face
(F major) now's not the (G major) time for your tears
(C major)
Verse 3
When William (A minor) (E minor) Zan zinger was 24
He was (C major) farming (A minor) tobacco (E minor) on 600 acres
With (C major) rich wealthy (A minor) parents
to provide (E minor) and protect him
High (C major) office (A minor) relations in the
(E minor) politics of Maryland
Re (C major) acted to (A minor) his deed with a shrug (E minor)
of his shoulders
With sneer (C major) ing and (A minor) swear words
his (E minor) tongue it was snarling
In (C major) less than (A minor) 10 minutes on
(E minor) bail was out walking
(G major)
Verse 4
And (F major) you (G major) who philo (C major) soph (A minor) ise
disgrace (F major) and (G major) criticise my (C major) fears,
(F major) Take that (G major) rag away (C major) from (A minor) your face
(F major) now's (G major) not the time for your tears.
(C major)
Verse 5
Hattie Carroll (A minor) was a maid who
(E minor) worked in the kitchen (C major)
51 years (A minor) old (E minor) she had 10 children
She (C major) carried (A minor) the dishes and
(E minor) took out the garbage
She (C major) never once (A minor) sat at the
(E minor) head of the table
She (C major) never even (A minor) spoke to the
(E minor) people at the table
Just (C major) (A minor) cleared all the food (E minor) from the table
And (C major) emp (A minor) tied ashtrays on
a (E minor) whole other level
(C major) Killed by (A minor) a blow (A major) and lay slain (E minor)
by a cane
That sailed (C major) through (A minor) the air and
came down (E minor) through the room
(C major) Doomed and de (A minor) termined to des
(E minor) troy all that's gentle
She (C major) never did (A minor) nothing to
(E minor) William (G major) Zanzinger
Verse 6
And (F major) you (G major) who philo (C major) soph (A minor) ise
disgrace and (F major) cri (G major) ticise my fears (C major)
Take (F major) that (G major) rag away (C major) from (A minor) your face
(F major) now's (G major) not the time for your tears
(C major)
Verse 7
At the courtroom (A minor) of honour
the Judge (E minor) pounded his gavel
To (C major) show all (A minor) is equal and
his court (E minor) is on the level
That the (C major) strings and (A minor) the books
are not pulled (E minor) or persuaded
(C major) Even the (A minor) rich get prop (E minor) erly treated
(C major) Once (A minor) the cops have (E minor) chased
them and caught them
The (C major) ladder of (A minor) the law has no top (E minor)
and no bottom
He stared (C major) at that (A minor) man who
had killed (E minor) for no reason
Who just (C major) happened to (A minor) be feeling
that way (E minor) without warning
He spoke (C major) through (A minor) his cloak most
(E minor) deep and distinguished
And (C major) handed down (A minor) strongly form
(E minor) penalty and repentance
Gave (C major) Willi (A minor) am Zanzinger
(E minor) a 6 month sentence
(G major)
Verse 8
And (F major) you (G major) who philo (C major) sophise dis
(A minor) grace (F major) and (G major) criticise my fears (C major)
(F major) Bury that (G major) rag most (C major) deep in (A minor) your face
(F major) now is (G major) the time for your tears.
(C major) (C major)
Hattie Carroll
Christy Moore
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