The Ludlow Massacre chords by Christy Moore

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Intro 1

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

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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 afraid that you'd
kill our children
F 
That we dug a cave that was
C 
seven foot deep
Took the children and
the pregnant women
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C 
Down inside the cave to sleep

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 and the
blaze it started
F 
C 
They pulled the triggers of their Gatling guns
I made a run for the children but the
firewall stopped me
G 
Thirteen children died from their
C 
guns

Interlude 1

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

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

Verse 8
C 
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 us
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C 
They didn't know that we had guns
The red necked miners shot
them troops down
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You should have seen those
C 
poor boys run

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