Album: Dark & Dirty Mile
Tuning: Standard with Capo 2
Note: You can also play this song in open E.
I have not seen them play this song, so I don't know if it's open E or Capo 2.
Capo 2 is easier to do with the passing tones.
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G D G
No man should have to live his life a slave
G D G
For the few at the top that reap the gold
C G
They murder every prophet for as long as it's been told
G Am G
The enemies of both the pure and brave
G D G
Lord, save us before there ain't much left to save
G D G
We stopped work and held up in the camps
G D G
Underneath the Colorado stars
C G
The Baldwin Felts thugs and the National Guard
G Am G
Were called in to put out the lamp
G D G
With the blessings of our dear old Uncle Sam
[Chorus]
C D G G/F#
The blood sure did flow up in Ludlow
Em D G
The air became full of smoke and lead
C D G G/F# Em
The blood sure did flow up in Ludlow my friends
C D G C ? D
They left a lot of decent people dead
[Verse 2]
G D G
The holes where a few had tried to hide
G D G
Soon enough were turned to shallow graves
C G
For at least eleven children that no one there could save
G Am G
The death special took another ride
G D G
Oh at night I hear their lonesome mothers cry
[Chorus]
C D G G/F#
'Cause the blood sure did flow up in Ludlow
Em D G
The air became full of smoke and lead
C D G G/F# Em
The blood sure did flow up in Ludlow my friends
C D G
They left a lot of decent people dead
[Break]
C ? D ? G ? G/F# - Em ? D ? G
C ? D ? G ? G/F# - Em ? C ? D ? G
[Verse 3]
G D G
An Engineer took mercy on our souls
G D G
He stopped the train right in the line of fire
C G
Gave us folks a chance to escape the funeral pyre
G Am G
The story that I tell you must be told
G D G
Better wake up now before we're all too old
[Chorus]
C D G G/F#
'Cause the blood sure did flow up in Ludlow
Em D G
The air became full of smoke and lead
C D G G/F# Em
The blood sure did flow up in Ludlow my friends
C D G
They left a lot of decent people dead
C D G G/F# Em
Oh the blood sure did flow up in Ludlow my friends
C D (G)
They left a lot of decent people dead