Misc Traditional – Joe Hill (Guitar)
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Chords
Notes:
- As per usual, strumming patterns are just a suggestion and G7 can be played as just G
- It can also be sung to the tune of Marty Robbins' "They're Hanging Me Tonight", but it needs
some slight changes: The three first lines go G - Em; the last two, C - G, playing the root
note on the first and last eighths, represented in the strumming pattern as mutes. I think it
sounds better in the key of C, so I usually do C - Am and F - C instead.
[Verse 1]
G I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, G7 D Alive as you and me. C G Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" C G "I never died," says he, C G "I never died," says he.
[Verse 2]
G "In Salt Lake, Joe," by god says I, G7 D Him standing by my bed, C G "They framed you on a murder charge." C G Says Joe, "But I ain't dead," C G Says Joe, "But I ain't dead."
[Verse 3]
G "The copper bosses shot you Joe, G7 D They killed you Joe," says I. C G "Takes more than guns to kill a man," C G Says Joe, "I didn't die." C G Says Joe, "I didn't die."
[Verse 4]
G Standing there as big as life, G7 D Smiling with his eyes. C G Joe says, "What they forgot to kill" C G Went on to organize, C G Went on to organize!"
[Verse 5]
G "Joe Hill ain't dead," he says to me G7 D "Joe Hill ain't never died." C G Where working men go out on strike, C G Joe Hill is at their side, C G Joe Hill is at their side.
[Verse 5]
G From San Diego up to Maine G7 D In every mine and mill C G Where working men go out on strike C G Says he "You'll find Joe Hill," C G Says he "You'll find Joe Hill."
[Verse 6]
G I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, G7 D Alive as you and me. C G Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead" C G "I never died," says he, C G "I never died," says he.