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Joe Hill chords by 
Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
C
G
F
C
F
Joe Hill come over
C
from Sweden shores
F
C
Looking for some work to do
F
C
Am
And the Statue of Liberty waved him by
C
As Joe come a sailing through, Joe Hill
G
C
As Joe come a sailing through.
F
Oh his clothes were coarse
C
and his hopes were high
F
C
As he headed for the promised land
F
And it took a few weeks on
C
the out-of-work streets
streets
Am
streets
C
Before he began to understand
G
C
Before he began to understand
F
C
And Joe got hired by a bowery bar
F
C
sweeping up the saloon
F
As his rag would sail over
C
Am
the barroom rail
C
Sounded like he whistled on a tune
You could almost hear him
G
C
whistling on a tune
F
C
And Joe rolled on from job to job
F
C
From the docks to the railroad line
F
And no matter how hungry
C
Am
the hand that wrote
C
In his letters he was always doing fine
G
C
In his letters he was al ways doing fine
F
Oh, the years went by like
C
the sun goin' down
F
C
slowly turn the page
F
And when Joe looked back at
C
the sweat upon his tracks
Am
C
He had nothing to show but his age
G
C
He had nothing to show but his age
F
So he headed out for the
C
California shore
F
C
There things were just as bad
F
C
So he joined the Industrial Work
Am
ers of the World
C
'Cause, The union was the
G
C
only friend he had
'Cause, The union was the
G
C
only friend he had
F
Now the strikes were bloody
C
and the strikes were black
F
C
as hard as they were long
F
In the dark of night Joe
C
Am
would stay awake and write
C
In the morning he would raise
them with a song
In the morning he would
G
C
raise them with a song
F
And he wrote his words to
C
the tunes of the day
F
C
To be passed along the union vine
F
And the strikes were led and
C
Am
the songs were spread
C
And Joe Hill was always on the line
G
Yes Joe Hill was always on the
C
F
C
F
line
C
F
C
F
Now in Salt Lake City a
C
murder was made
F
C
There was hardly a clue to find
F
Oh, the proof was poor,
C
Am
but the sheriff was sure
C
Joe was the killer of the crime
G
C
That Joe was the killer of the crime
F
Joe raised his hands but
C
they shot him down
F
C
he had nothing but guilt to give
F
It's a doctor I need and
C
Am
they left him to bleed
C
He made it 'cause he had the will to live
Yes, He made it 'cause he
G
C
had the will to live
F
Then the trial was held in
C
a building of wood
F
C
And there the killer would be named
F
And the days weighed more
C
than the cold copper ore
Cause he feared that he was
Am
being framed
C
Cause he found out that
G
C
he was being framed
F
Oh, strange are the ways
C
of western law
F
C
Strange are the ways of fate
F
For the government crawled to
C
Am
the mine owner's call
C
That the judge was appointed
Am
by the state
C
G
Yes, The judge was ap
C
pointed by the state
F
C
Oh, Utah justice can be had
F
C
But not for a union man
F
And Joe was warned by
C
summer early morn
Am
C
That there'd be one less
G
C
singer in the land
G
C
There'd be one less singer in the land
F
C
Now William Spry was Governor Spry
F
C
And a life was his to hold
F
On the last appeal,
C
Am
fell a governor's tear
C
May the lord have mercy on your soul
G
C
May the lord have mercy on your soul
F
C
Even President Wilson held up the day
F
C
But even he would fail
F
For nobody heard the soul
C
Am
searching words
C
G
C
Of the soul in the Salt Lake City jail
G
C
Of the soul in the Salt Lake City jail
F
C
For 36 years he lived out his days
F
C
And he more than played his part
F
For his songs that he made,
C
Am
he was carefully paid
C
With a rifle bullet buried in his heart
G
C
With a rifle bullet buried in his heart
F
Yes, they lined Joe Hill up
C
against the wall
F
C
Blindfold over his eyes
F
It's the life of a rebel that
C
Am
he chose to live
C
It's the death of a rebel that he died
G
C
It's the death of a rebel that he died
F
Now some say Joe was
C
guilty as charged
F
C
And some say he wasn't even there
F
C
Am
And I guess nobody will ever know
C
'Cause the court records
all disappeared
'Cause the court records
G
C
all disappeared
F
C
Say wherever you go in this fair land
F
C
In every union hall
F
C
Am
In the dusty dark these words are marked
C
In between all the cracks upon the wall
G
C
In between all the cracks upon the wall
F
C
It's the very last line that Joe Will wrote
F
When he knew that his days
C
were through
F
C
Am
"Boys, this is my last and final will
C
Good luck to all of you
G
C
Good luck to all of you"
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