Joe Hill
Joe Hill

Joe Hill easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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  • Verse 1
    Joe 
    Hill 
    come 
    over 

    from 
    Sweden 
    shores 

    Looking 
    for 
    some 
    work 
    to 
    do 

    And 
    the Statue 
    of 
    Liberty 
    waved 
    him 
    by 

    As 
    Joe 
    come 
    a sailing 
    through, 
    Joe 
    Hill 

    As 
    Joe 
    come 
    a sailing 
    through. 

    Oh 
    his 
    clothes 
    were 
    coarse 

    and 
    his 
    hopes 
    were 
    high 

    As 
    he 
    headed 
    for 
    the 
    promised 
    land 

    And 
    it 
    took 
    few 
    weeks 
    on 

    the out-of-work 
    streets 

    streets 

    streets 

    Before 
    he 
    began 
    to understand 

    Before 
    he 
    began 
    to under
    stand 

    And 
    Joe 
    got 
    hired 
    by 
    bowery 
    bar 

    sweeping 
    up 
    the 
    sa
    loon 

    As 
    his 
    rag 
    would 
    sail 
    over 

    the 
    barroom 
    rail 

    Soun
    ded 
    like 
    he 
    whistled 
    on 
    tune 

    You 
    could almost 
    hear 
    him 

    whistling 
    on 
    tune 

    And 
    Joe 
    rolled 
    on 
    from 
    job 
    to 
    job 

    From 
    the 
    docks 
    to 
    the 
    railroad 
    line 

    And 
    no 
    matter 
    how 
    hungry 

    the 
    hand 
    that 
    wro
    te 

    In 
    his 
    letters 
    he 
    was 
    always 
    doing 
    fine 

    In 
    his letters 
    he 
    was 
    al
    ways 
    doing 
    fine 

    Oh, 
    the 
    years 
    went 
    by 
    like 

    the sun 
    goin' 
    down 

    slowly 
    turn 
    the 
    page 

    And 
    when 
    Joe 
    looked 
    back 
    at 

    the sweat 
    upon 
    his 
    tracks 

    He 
    had 
    nothing 
    to show 
    but his 
    age 

    He 
    had 
    nothing 
    to show 
    but 
    his age 

    So 
    he 
    headed 
    out 
    for 
    the 

    California 
    shore 

    There 
    things 
    were 
    just 
    as 
    bad 

    So 
    he 
    joined 
    the 
    Industrial 
    Work

    ers 
    of 
    the 
    World 

    'Cause, 
    The 
    union 
    was 
    the 

    only 
    friend 
    he 
    had 

    'Cause, 
    The 
    union 
    was 
    the 

    only 
    friend 
    he 
    had 

    Now 
    the strikes 
    were 
    bloody 

    and 
    the strikes 
    were 
    black 

    as 
    hard 
    as 
    they 
    were 
    long 

    In 
    the 
    dark 
    of 
    night 
    Joe 

    would stay 
    awake 
    and 
    write 

    In 
    the morn
    ing 
    he 
    would raise 

    them 
    with 
    a song 

    In 
    the morning 
    he would 

    raise 
    them 
    with 
    a song 

    And 
    he 
    wrote 
    his 
    words 
    to 

    the 
    tunes 
    of 
    the day 

    To 
    be passed 
    along 
    the 
    union 
    vine 

    And 
    the strikes 
    were 
    led 
    and 

    the songs 
    were 
    spread 

    And 
    Joe 
    Hill 
    was 
    always 
    on 
    the line 

    Yes 
    Joe 
    Hill 
    was 
    always 
    on 
    the 

    line 



    Now 
    in 
    Salt 
    Lake 
    City 

    murder 
    was 
    made 

    There 
    was 
    hardly 
    a clue 
    to 
    find 

    Oh, 
    the 
    proof 
    was 
    poor, 

    but 
    the sheriff 
    was 
    sure 

    Joe 
    was 
    the 
    killer 
    of 
    the crime 

    That Joe 
    was 
    the 
    killer 
    of 
    the 
    crime 

    Joe 
    raised 
    his 
    hands 
    but 

    they shot 
    him 
    down 

    he 
    had 
    nothing 
    but 
    guilt 
    to 
    give 

    It's 
    doctor 
    need 
    and 

    they left 
    him 
    to bleed 

    He made 
    it 'cause 
    he 
    had 
    the 
    will 
    to 
    live 

    Yes, 
    He made 
    it 
    'cause 
    he 

    had 
    the 
    will 
    to 
    live 

    Then 
    the 
    trial 
    was 
    held 
    in 

    building 
    of wood 

    And 
    there 
    the killer 
    would 
    be 
    named 

    And 
    the 
    days 
    weighed 
    more 

    than 
    the 
    cold 
    copper 
    ore 

    Cause 
    he feared 
    that he 
    was 

    being 
    framed 

    Cause 
    he found 
    out 
    that 

    he 
    was 
    being 
    framed 

    Oh, 
    strange 
    are 
    the 
    ways 

    of 
    western 
    law 

    Strange 
    are 
    the ways 
    of 
    fate 

    For 
    the 
    government 
    crawled 
    to 

    the 
    mine 
    owner's 
    call 

    That 
    the judge 
    was 
    appointed 

    by 
    the 
    state 

    Yes, 
    The 
    judge 
    was 
    ap

    pointed 
    by 
    the 
    state 

    Oh, 
    Utah 
    justice 
    can 
    be 
    had 

    But 
    not 
    for 
    a union 
    man 

    And 
    Joe 
    was 
    warned 
    by 

    sum
    mer 
    early 
    morn 

    That 
    there'd 
    be 
    one 
    less 

    singer 
    in 
    the 
    land 

    There'd 
    be 
    one 
    less 
    singer 
    in 
    the 
    land 

    Now 
    William 
    Spry 
    was 
    Governor 
    Spry 

    And a 
    life 
    was 
    his 
    to 
    hold

    On 
    the 
    last 
    appeal, 

    fell 
    governor's 
    tear 

    May 
    the lord 
    have 
    mercy 
    on 
    your soul 

    May 
    the lord 
    have 
    mer
    cy 
    on 
    your soul 

    Even 
    President 
    Wilson 
    held 
    up 
    the 
    day 

    But 
    even 
    he 
    would 
    fail 

    For 
    nobody 
    heard 
    the soul 

    search
    ing words 

    Of 
    the soul 
    in the Salt 
    Lake 
    City 
    jail 

    Of 
    the soul 
    in 
    the Salt 
    Lake 
    City 
    jail 

    For 
    36 years 
    he 
    lived 
    out 
    his days 

    And he 
    more 
    than 
    played 
    his 
    part 

    For 
    his 
    songs 
    that 
    he 
    made, 

    he 
    was 
    carefully 
    paid 

    With 
    a rifle 
    bullet 
    buried 
    in 
    his 
    heart 

    With 
    a rifle 
    bullet 
    buried 
    in 
    his 
    heart 

    Yes, 
    they 
    lined 
    Joe 
    Hill 
    up 

    against 
    the 
    wall 

    Blindfold 
    over 
    his 
    eyes 

    It's 
    the 
    life 
    of 
    a rebel 
    that 

    he chose 
    to 
    live 

    It's 
    the 
    death 
    of 
    a rebel 
    that 
    he died 

    It's 
    the 
    death 
    of 
    rebel 
    that 
    he died 

    Now 
    some 
    say 
    Joe 
    was 

    guilty 
    as charged 

    And some 
    say 
    he 
    wasn't 
    even 
    there 

    And 
    guess 
    nobody 
    will 
    ever 
    know 

    'Cause 
    the 
    court 
    records 

    all 
    disappeared 

    'Cause 
    the 
    court 
    records 

    all 
    disap
    peared 

    Say 
    wherever 
    you 
    go 
    in 
    this 
    fair 
    land 

    In 
    every 
    union 
    hall 

    In 
    the 
    dusty 
    dark 
    these 
    words 
    are 
    marked 

    In 
    between 
    all 
    the cracks 
    upon 
    the 
    wall 

    In 
    between 
    all 
    the 
    cracks 
    upon 
    the 
    wall 

    It's 
    the 
    very 
    last 
    line 
    that 
    Joe 
    Will 
    wrote 

    When 
    he 
    knew 
    that 
    his 
    days 

    were 
    through 

    "Boys, 
    this 
    is 
    my 
    last 
    and 
    final 
    will 

    Good 
    luck 
    to 
    all 
    of you 

    Good 
    luck 
    to 
    all 
    of 
    you" 


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