The Ludlow Massacre chords by Christy Moore

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
It was early springtime  (C major) 
and the strike was on
F 
C 
They drove us  (F major) miners out of  (C major) our homes
Out of the houses that the
company owned
G 
C 
Into  (G major) the tents of the little Ludlow  (C major) 

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Verse 2

We were worried bad about our children

State troopers guarded

the railway bridge

Every once in a while a bullet would fly

Kick up gravel around our feet

Verse 3
C 
We were so  (C major) afraid that you'd
kill our children
F 
That we dug  (F major) a cave that was
C 
seven foot deep  (C major) 
Took the children and
the pregnant women
G 
C 
Down in (G major) side the cave to sleep (C major) 

Verse 4

It was late that night the soldiers waited

Till all us miners were asleep

They crept around one little camp town

And soaked our tents in kerosene

Verse 5
C 
They struck a match  (C major) and the
blaze it started
F 
C 
They pulled  (F major) the triggers of their Gatling  (C major) guns
I made a run for the children but the
firewall stopped me
G 
Thirteen children  (G major) died from their
C 
gun (C major) s

Interlude 1

Verse 6
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) I   (G major)  (C major) never will forget
the looks on the faces
F 
Of the men and wo (F major) men
C 
that awful day  (C major) 
As they stood around
to preach the funeral
G 
C 
And lay the corpses  (G major) of the dead away  (C major) 

Verse 7
C 
The women from Trinidad  (C major) 
took some potatoes
F 
C 
Up to  (F major) Wallensburg in a little cart  (C major) 
They sold the potatoes and
brought some guns back
G 
Put a gun  (G major) in every hand

Verse 8
C 
 (C major) We asked the governor to phone
up the president
Ask him call off the National Guard
But the National Guard belonged
to the governor
I guess he didn't try very hard

Verse 9
C 
Late one night the troopers charged  (C major) us
F 
C 
They didn't  (F major) know that we had guns  (C major) 
The red necked miners shot
them troops down
G 
You should have seen  (G major) those
C 
poor boys run (C major) 

Verse 10
C 
We took some cement  (C major) 
and walled the cave up
F 
C 
Where the thirteen  (F major) little children died  (C major) 
I thanked God for the Mine Workers Union
G 
C 
And then I hung  (G major) my head and  (C major) cried