Tom: G 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] G 1921 was the year Cadd9 G Seems like yesterday to me G* Let me tell you about what happened then Dsus4 Back in the mine country Cadd9 G We were fightin' hard to build a union Cadd9 Dsus4 'Cause at forty cents a ton Cadd9 G There was no way to feed a family Dsus4 G When the minin' day was done [Verse] G The strike had lasted for a year Cadd9 G When they shot down Smilin' Sid G* He was a lawman who stood up for us miners Dsus4 That's the only crime he ever did Cadd9 G A hundred miners locked up with no trial Cadd9 Dsus4 There in Mingo-town Cadd9 G But the last straw came in Sharples Dsus4 G When they gunned the women down [Chorus] Cadd9 G We're marchin' on to Mingo Cadd9 G Dsus4 Ten thousand men and countin' Cadd9 G Dsus4 Here in the hills of West Virginia G At the Battle of Blair Mountain [Verse] G We shouted through the hillsides Cadd9 G In every union hall G* We're marchin' on to Mingo Dsus4 Teach them a lesson, once and all Cadd9 G We commandeered every freight train Cadd9 Dsus4 To the Kentucky line Cadd9 G Took every car that crossed our path Dsus4 G And all the guns and ammo we could find [Verse] G The union leaders tried to stop us Cadd9 G Mother Jones told us to turn back G* But we had learned ourselves from the gun thugs Dsus4 There's a time to talk and a time to attack Cadd9 G We had no leader, we didn't need one Cadd9 Dsus4 We all knew our way through Logan County Cadd9 G And we all knew once we got there Dsus4 G We're gonna hang Sheriff Chapin from a sour apple tree [Chorus] Cadd9 G We're marchin' on to Mingo Cadd9 G Dsus4 Ten thousand men and countin' Cadd9 G Dsus4 Here in the hills of West Virginia G At the Battle of Blair Mountain [Verse] G We dug trenches and wore helmets Cadd9 G That we brought from the Argonne G* All the way from France to Logan Dsus4 We fought from dusk to dawn Cadd9 G They dropped explosives from their airplanes Cadd9 Dsus4 Such a thing you never saw Cadd9 G They shot us with machine guns Dsus4 G It was the operator's law [Verse] G For three days and nights we fought them Cadd9 G The front was ten miles wide G* Every cop and scab in West Virginia Dsus4 Were there on the other side Cadd9 G President Harding sent in the Army Cadd9 Dsus4 And we left our line to them Cadd9 G But the hills of West Virginia Dsus4 G Will long remember when [Chorus] Cadd9 G We're marchin' on to Mingo Cadd9 G Dsus4 Ten thousand men and countin' Cadd9 G Dsus4 Here in the hills of West Virginia G At the Battle of Blair Mountain