Chords for Youngstown
Tempo:
71.25 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
C
F
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Here in Northeast Ohio, back in 1803, [G] James and Danny Heaton found the ore that was lying
in [Dm] Yellow Creek.
They built a blast furnace there along the shore, [G] and they made the cannonballs that
helped the Union [Dm] win the war.
[C] Here in [G] Youngstown, [Dm] here in Youngstown, [F] my sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C] down, here darling [Dm] in Youngstown.
Well my daddy worked the furnace, kept it hotter than hell.
[C] I come home from nine, work my way to Scarford, that job would suit the [Dm] devil as well.
They were tacking out coke and limestone, fed my children, made my pay.
[C] Them smokestacks were reaching like the [G] arms of God, and the beautiful [Dm] sky was soaring clear.
[C] Here in Youngstown, [D] here in [Dm] Youngstown, [F] my sweet Jenny I'm [C] sinking down, here darling [Dm] in Youngstown.
[F] Well my daddy come on [C] to Ohio works when he come home from World [Dm] War II.
How they arched the [C] scrap and rubble, he said them big boys did [Dm] what Hitler couldn't do.
[F] Yeah these mills they [C] built for tanks and bombs had won this [Dm] country's war.
[C] We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam, now we're wondering what [Dm] they were dying for.
[C] Here in Youngstown, [Dm] here in Youngstown, my sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C]
down, here darling in [Dm] Youngstown.
From the Monongahela Valley [Dm] to the Mesabi Iron Range, [C] the coal mines are half-blanket,
the story's always [Dm] the same.
Seven hundred tons a minute a day, now so you tell me the world changed.
[C] Once I made you rich enough, rich enough to forget [Dm] my name.
[C] In Youngstown, [Dm] in Youngstown, my [F] sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C] down, here darling in [Dm] Youngstown.
When [F] I die I don't want no part [C] of heaven, I would not do heaven's [Dm] work well.
I [C] pray the devil comes and takes me to stand, the fiery [Dm] furnace of hell.
[C] [Dm] [F] [C]
[Dm]
in [Dm] Yellow Creek.
They built a blast furnace there along the shore, [G] and they made the cannonballs that
helped the Union [Dm] win the war.
[C] Here in [G] Youngstown, [Dm] here in Youngstown, [F] my sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C] down, here darling [Dm] in Youngstown.
Well my daddy worked the furnace, kept it hotter than hell.
[C] I come home from nine, work my way to Scarford, that job would suit the [Dm] devil as well.
They were tacking out coke and limestone, fed my children, made my pay.
[C] Them smokestacks were reaching like the [G] arms of God, and the beautiful [Dm] sky was soaring clear.
[C] Here in Youngstown, [D] here in [Dm] Youngstown, [F] my sweet Jenny I'm [C] sinking down, here darling [Dm] in Youngstown.
[F] Well my daddy come on [C] to Ohio works when he come home from World [Dm] War II.
How they arched the [C] scrap and rubble, he said them big boys did [Dm] what Hitler couldn't do.
[F] Yeah these mills they [C] built for tanks and bombs had won this [Dm] country's war.
[C] We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam, now we're wondering what [Dm] they were dying for.
[C] Here in Youngstown, [Dm] here in Youngstown, my sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C]
down, here darling in [Dm] Youngstown.
From the Monongahela Valley [Dm] to the Mesabi Iron Range, [C] the coal mines are half-blanket,
the story's always [Dm] the same.
Seven hundred tons a minute a day, now so you tell me the world changed.
[C] Once I made you rich enough, rich enough to forget [Dm] my name.
[C] In Youngstown, [Dm] in Youngstown, my [F] sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C] down, here darling in [Dm] Youngstown.
When [F] I die I don't want no part [C] of heaven, I would not do heaven's [Dm] work well.
I [C] pray the devil comes and takes me to stand, the fiery [Dm] furnace of hell.
[C] [Dm] [F] [C]
[Dm]
Key:
Dm
C
F
G
D
Dm
C
F
_ _ _ Here in Northeast Ohio, back in 1803, _ [G] James and Danny Heaton found the ore that was lying
in [Dm] Yellow Creek.
They built a blast furnace there along the shore, [G] and they made the cannonballs that
helped the Union [Dm] win the war.
[C] Here in [G] Youngstown, _ [Dm] here in Youngstown, _ [F] my sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C] down, here darling [Dm] in Youngstown. _ _ _ _ _
Well my daddy worked the furnace, kept it hotter than hell.
[C] I come home from nine, work my way to Scarford, that job would suit the [Dm] devil as well.
They were tacking out coke and limestone, fed my children, made my pay.
[C] Them smokestacks were reaching like the [G] arms of God, and the beautiful [Dm] sky was soaring clear.
[C] Here in Youngstown, _ [D] here in [Dm] Youngstown, [F] my sweet Jenny I'm [C] sinking down, here darling [Dm] in Youngstown. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Well my daddy come on [C] to Ohio works when he come home from World [Dm] War II.
How they arched the [C] scrap and rubble, he said them big boys did [Dm] what Hitler couldn't do.
[F] Yeah these mills they [C] built for tanks and bombs had won this [Dm] country's war.
[C] We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam, now we're wondering what [Dm] they were dying for.
_ [C] Here in Youngstown, _ [Dm] here in Youngstown, my sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C]
down, here darling in [Dm] Youngstown. _ _ _
_ _ From the Monongahela Valley [Dm] to the Mesabi Iron Range, [C] the coal mines are half-blanket,
the story's always [Dm] the same.
Seven hundred tons a minute a day, now so you tell me the world changed.
[C] Once I made you rich enough, rich enough to forget [Dm] my name.
[C] In Youngstown, _ [Dm] in Youngstown, my [F] sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C] down, here darling in [Dm] Youngstown. _ _ _ _
When [F] I die I don't want no part [C] of heaven, I would not do heaven's [Dm] work well.
I [C] pray the devil comes and takes me to stand, the fiery [Dm] furnace of hell.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
in [Dm] Yellow Creek.
They built a blast furnace there along the shore, [G] and they made the cannonballs that
helped the Union [Dm] win the war.
[C] Here in [G] Youngstown, _ [Dm] here in Youngstown, _ [F] my sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C] down, here darling [Dm] in Youngstown. _ _ _ _ _
Well my daddy worked the furnace, kept it hotter than hell.
[C] I come home from nine, work my way to Scarford, that job would suit the [Dm] devil as well.
They were tacking out coke and limestone, fed my children, made my pay.
[C] Them smokestacks were reaching like the [G] arms of God, and the beautiful [Dm] sky was soaring clear.
[C] Here in Youngstown, _ [D] here in [Dm] Youngstown, [F] my sweet Jenny I'm [C] sinking down, here darling [Dm] in Youngstown. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Well my daddy come on [C] to Ohio works when he come home from World [Dm] War II.
How they arched the [C] scrap and rubble, he said them big boys did [Dm] what Hitler couldn't do.
[F] Yeah these mills they [C] built for tanks and bombs had won this [Dm] country's war.
[C] We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam, now we're wondering what [Dm] they were dying for.
_ [C] Here in Youngstown, _ [Dm] here in Youngstown, my sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C]
down, here darling in [Dm] Youngstown. _ _ _
_ _ From the Monongahela Valley [Dm] to the Mesabi Iron Range, [C] the coal mines are half-blanket,
the story's always [Dm] the same.
Seven hundred tons a minute a day, now so you tell me the world changed.
[C] Once I made you rich enough, rich enough to forget [Dm] my name.
[C] In Youngstown, _ [Dm] in Youngstown, my [F] sweet Jenny I'm sinking [C] down, here darling in [Dm] Youngstown. _ _ _ _
When [F] I die I don't want no part [C] of heaven, I would not do heaven's [Dm] work well.
I [C] pray the devil comes and takes me to stand, the fiery [Dm] furnace of hell.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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