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Tuning: E A D G B E
David uses chord variants based on a G major chord, like so G: 3 2 0 0 3 3 G*: See Below Cadd9: x 3 2 0 3 3 Cadd9*: 0 3 2 0 3 3 (used on the second-to last Cadd9 in a verse) Dsus4: 2 0 0 2 3 3 The second G in a verse (marked G*) has a step-down portion that goes like this (lyrics from verse 1 for timing) which then leads into the Dsus4 on the next line e|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------| B|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------| G|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| D|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| A|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------| E|-3-----------------------|-2-----------------------|-0-----------------------| Tell you about what happened then The strumming pattern places emphasis on the root note on the 1st count, and emphasis on the upper strings on the rest. this can be replaced with a thumb or first finger pick on the chord's root note, while keeping the rest of the strumming the same. if you do this, Cadd9s in the verse should have the root note picked,and then the next highest string picked the second time the chord is played on that line, like so (lyrics from verse 1 for timing) e|--------3-----3--3--3--3-|--------3-----3--3--3--3-|--------3-----3--3--3--3-| B|--------3-----3--3--3--3-|--------3-----3--3--3--3-|--------3-----3--3--3--3-| G|--------0-----0--0--0--0-|--------0-----0--0--0--0-|--------0-----0--0--0--0-| D|--------2-----2--2--2--2-|-2------2-----2--2--2--2-|--------0-----0--0--0--0-| A|-3------3-----3--3--3--3-|--------3-----3--3--3--3-|--------2-----2--2--2--2-| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3------3-----3--3--3--3-| Yest- er- day to me [Verse]
G1921 was the year Seems like Cadd9yesterday to mGe G* Let me tell you about what happened then Back in the Dsus4mine country We were Cadd9fightin' hard to build a Gunion 'Cause at Cadd9forty cents a Dsus4ton There was Cadd9no way to feed a Gfamily When the Dsus4minin' day was Gdone
[Verse]
The Gstrike had lasted for a year When they Cadd9shot down Smilin' GSid G* He was a lawman who stood up for us miners Dsus4That's the only crime he ever did A hundred Cadd9miners locked up Gwith no trial Cadd9There in Mingo-Dsus4town But the Cadd9last straw came in GSharples When they Dsus4gunned the women Gdown
[Chorus]
We're Cadd9marchin' on to GMingo Ten Cadd9thousand Gmen and Dsus4countin' Here in the Cadd9hills of West VirGginia Dsus4 At the Battle of Blair GMountain
[Verse]
We Gshouted through the hillsides In Cadd9every union Ghall G* We're marchin' on to Mingo Teach them a Dsus4lesson, once and all We Cadd9commandeered every Gfreight train Cadd9To the Kentucky Dsus4line Took every Cadd9car that crossed our Gpath And Dsus4all the guns and ammo we could Gfind
[Verse]
The Gunion leaders tried to stop us Mother Cadd9Jones told us to turn Gback G* But we had learned ourselves from the gun thugs There's a Dsus4time to talk and a time to attack We Cadd9had no leader, Gwe didn't need one We all Cadd9knew our way through Logan Dsus4County And we all Cadd9knew once we Ggot there We're gonna Dsus4hang Sheriff Chapin from a Gsour apple tree
[Chorus]
We're Cadd9marchin' on to GMingo Ten Cadd9thousand Gmen and Dsus4countin' Here in the Cadd9hills of West VirGginia Dsus4 At the Battle of Blair GMountain
[Verse]
We dug Gtrenches and wore helmets That we Cadd9brought from the GArgonne G* All the way from France to Logan We Dsus4fought from dusk to dawn They Cadd9dropped explosives from their Gairplanes Such a Cadd9thing you never Dsus4saw They Cadd9shot us with macGhine guns It was the Dsus4operator's Glaw
[Verse]
For Gthree days and nights we fought them The Cadd9front was ten miles Gwide G* Every cop and scab in West Virginia Dsus4Were there on the other side President Cadd9Harding sent in the GArmy And we Cadd9left our line to Dsus4them But the Cadd9hills of West VirgGinia Will Dsus4long remember Gwhen
[Chorus]
We're Cadd9marchin' on to GMingo Ten Cadd9thousand Gmen and Dsus4countin' Here in the Cadd9hills of West VirGginia Dsus4 At the Battle of Blair GMountain