The Ludlow Massacre Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][C][F]
[C][G]
[C]

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

[Verse 2]
We were worried [C]bad about our children
State trooper[F]s guarded
the railway [C]bridge
Every once in a while a bullet would fly
Kick [G]up gravel around [C]our feet

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

[Verse 4]
It was late [C]that night the soldiers waited
Till [F]all us miners were [C]asleep
They crept around one little camp town
And soaked [G]our tents in ker[C]osene

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

[Interlude 1]
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[G][C]
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[Verse 6]
[C]I n[G]eve[C]r will forget
the looks on the faces
Of the men and wo[F]men
that awful [C]day
As they stood around
to preach the funeral
And lay [G]the corpses of the dead [C]away

[Verse 7]
The women [C]from Trinidad
took some potatoes
[F]Up to Wallensburg in a little [C]cart
They sold the potatoes and
brought some guns back
Put [G]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]
Late one night the troopers [C]charged us
They didn't [F]know that we had [C]guns
The red necked miners shot
them troops down
You should [G]have seen those
[C]poor boys run

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