Joe Hill Chords by Pete Seeger
Tempo:
111.25 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Gm
Eb
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I [Gm] dreamed I saw [Bb] Joe Hill last [Eb] night, alive as [Bb] you and me.
[Gm] Says I, but Joe, [Eb] you're ten [Bb] years dead.
[C] I never [F] died, says he.
I never died, [Bb] says he.
In Salt Lake, Joe, by God, says I, [Eb] him standing by [Bb] my bed.
[Gm] They framed you [Eb] on a murder charge, [C] says Joe, but [F] I ain't dead.
Says Joe, but [Bb] I ain't dead.
The copper bosses shot you, Joe.
[Eb] They killed you, Joe, [Bb] says I.
[Gm] Takes more than guns to kill a man, [C] says Joe, I [Cm] didn't die.
Says Joe, I [Bb] didn't die.
[Gm] Standing there [Bb] as big as life, [Eb] smiling with his [Bb]
eyes.
[Gm] Joe says what they [Bb] forgot to kill, [C] went on to [F]
organize.
Went on to organize.
Joe Hill ain't dead, he says to me.
Joe [Eb] Hill ain't [Bb] never died.
[Gm] Where working men go out [Bb] on strike, [C] Joe Hill is at their [F] side.
[Cm] Joe Hill [F] is at [Bb] their side.
From San Diego up to Maine, [Eb] in every mine [Bb] and mill,
[Gm] where working men [Bb] go out on strike, [C] says he, you'll find [Cm] Joe Hill.
Says [F] he, you'll find [Bb] Joe.
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill as [Eb]
alive as you [Bb] and me.
[Gm] Says I, but Joe, [Bb] you're ten years dead.
[C] I never [F] died, says he.
I never died, says
[Gm] Says I, but Joe, [Eb] you're ten [Bb] years dead.
[C] I never [F] died, says he.
I never died, [Bb] says he.
In Salt Lake, Joe, by God, says I, [Eb] him standing by [Bb] my bed.
[Gm] They framed you [Eb] on a murder charge, [C] says Joe, but [F] I ain't dead.
Says Joe, but [Bb] I ain't dead.
The copper bosses shot you, Joe.
[Eb] They killed you, Joe, [Bb] says I.
[Gm] Takes more than guns to kill a man, [C] says Joe, I [Cm] didn't die.
Says Joe, I [Bb] didn't die.
[Gm] Standing there [Bb] as big as life, [Eb] smiling with his [Bb]
eyes.
[Gm] Joe says what they [Bb] forgot to kill, [C] went on to [F]
organize.
Went on to organize.
Joe Hill ain't dead, he says to me.
Joe [Eb] Hill ain't [Bb] never died.
[Gm] Where working men go out [Bb] on strike, [C] Joe Hill is at their [F] side.
[Cm] Joe Hill [F] is at [Bb] their side.
From San Diego up to Maine, [Eb] in every mine [Bb] and mill,
[Gm] where working men [Bb] go out on strike, [C] says he, you'll find [Cm] Joe Hill.
Says [F] he, you'll find [Bb] Joe.
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill as [Eb]
alive as you [Bb] and me.
[Gm] Says I, but Joe, [Bb] you're ten years dead.
[C] I never [F] died, says he.
I never died, says
Key:
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_ _ _ I [Gm] dreamed I saw [Bb] Joe Hill last [Eb] night, alive as [Bb] you and me.
[Gm] Says I, but Joe, [Eb] you're ten [Bb] years dead.
[C] I never _ [F] died, says he.
_ I never died, [Bb] says he.
In Salt Lake, Joe, by God, says I, [Eb] him standing by [Bb] my bed.
[Gm] They framed you [Eb] on a murder charge, [C] says Joe, but [F] I ain't dead.
_ Says Joe, but [Bb] I ain't dead.
The copper bosses shot you, Joe.
[Eb] They killed you, Joe, [Bb] says I.
_ [Gm] Takes more than guns to kill a man, [C] says Joe, I [Cm] didn't die.
_ Says Joe, I [Bb] didn't die.
_ _ [Gm] Standing there [Bb] as big as life, _ [Eb] smiling with his [Bb]
eyes.
_ [Gm] Joe says what they [Bb] forgot to kill, [C] went on to _ [F]
organize.
_ Went on to _ organize.
_ Joe Hill ain't dead, he says to me.
Joe [Eb] Hill ain't [Bb] never died.
_ [Gm] Where working men go out [Bb] on strike, [C] Joe Hill is at their [F] side.
[Cm] _ _ Joe Hill [F] is at [Bb] their side.
_ From San Diego up to Maine, [Eb] in every mine [Bb] and mill,
[Gm] where working men [Bb] go out on strike, [C] says he, you'll find [Cm] Joe Hill.
_ Says [F] he, you'll find [Bb] Joe.
_ _ _ I dreamed I saw Joe Hill as _ _ _ [Eb]
alive as you [Bb] and me.
_ [Gm] Says I, but Joe, [Bb] you're ten years dead.
[C] I never _ [F] died, says he. _ _
I never _ died, says
[Gm] Says I, but Joe, [Eb] you're ten [Bb] years dead.
[C] I never _ [F] died, says he.
_ I never died, [Bb] says he.
In Salt Lake, Joe, by God, says I, [Eb] him standing by [Bb] my bed.
[Gm] They framed you [Eb] on a murder charge, [C] says Joe, but [F] I ain't dead.
_ Says Joe, but [Bb] I ain't dead.
The copper bosses shot you, Joe.
[Eb] They killed you, Joe, [Bb] says I.
_ [Gm] Takes more than guns to kill a man, [C] says Joe, I [Cm] didn't die.
_ Says Joe, I [Bb] didn't die.
_ _ [Gm] Standing there [Bb] as big as life, _ [Eb] smiling with his [Bb]
eyes.
_ [Gm] Joe says what they [Bb] forgot to kill, [C] went on to _ [F]
organize.
_ Went on to _ organize.
_ Joe Hill ain't dead, he says to me.
Joe [Eb] Hill ain't [Bb] never died.
_ [Gm] Where working men go out [Bb] on strike, [C] Joe Hill is at their [F] side.
[Cm] _ _ Joe Hill [F] is at [Bb] their side.
_ From San Diego up to Maine, [Eb] in every mine [Bb] and mill,
[Gm] where working men [Bb] go out on strike, [C] says he, you'll find [Cm] Joe Hill.
_ Says [F] he, you'll find [Bb] Joe.
_ _ _ I dreamed I saw Joe Hill as _ _ _ [Eb]
alive as you [Bb] and me.
_ [Gm] Says I, but Joe, [Bb] you're ten years dead.
[C] I never _ [F] died, says he. _ _
I never _ died, says