Woody Guthrie

Two Good Men(Chords)

Woody Guthrie

Key: E

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Intro: E A E B7 E 

verse 1 
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Say, there, did you hear the news? 
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Sacco worked at trimming shoes; 
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Vanzetti was a peddling man, 
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Pushed his fish cart with his hands. 

E A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Two good men a long time gone A E Sacco, Vanzetti are gone, B7 E Left me here to sing this song.
verse 2 E Sacco was born across the sea B7 E Somewhere over in Italy; E Vanzetti was born of parents fine, B7 E Drank the best Italian wine. verse 3 E Sacco sailed the sea one day, B7 E Landed up in Boston Bay; E Vanzetti sailed the ocean blue, B7 E Landed up in Boston, too.
E A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Two good men a long time gone A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Left me here to sing this song.
verse 4 E Sacco's wife three children had, B7 E Sacco was a family man; E Vanzetti was a dreaming man, B7 E His book was always in his hand. Verse 5 E Sacco earned his bread and butter B7 E Being the factory's best shoe cutter; E Vanzetti spoke both day and night, B7 E Told the workers how to fight.
E A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Two good men a long time gone A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Left me here to sing this song.
Verse 6 E I'll tell you if you ask me B7 E 'Bout this payroll robbery; E Two clerks was killed by the shoe factory B7 E On the street in South Braintree. Verse 7 E Judge Thayer told his friends around B7 E He would cut the radicals down; E Anarchist bastards was the name B7 E Judge Thayer called these two good men. Verse 8 E I'll tell you the prosecutors' names, B7 E Katsman, Adams, Williams, Kane; E The judge and lawyers strutted down, B7 E They done more tricks than circus clowns.
E A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Two good men a long time gone A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Left me here to sing this song.
Verse 9 E Vanzetti docked here in 1908; B7 E He slept along the dirty streets, E He told the workers ?Organize? B7 E And on the electric chair he dies. verse 10 E All you people ought to be like me, B7 E And work like Sacco and Vanzetti; E And every day find some ways to fight B7 E On the union side for workers' rights. verse 11 E I've got no time to tell this tale, B7 E The dicks and bulls are on my trail; E But I'll remember these two good men B7 E That died to show me how to live.
E A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Two good men a long time gone A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Left me here to sing this song.
verse 12 E All you people in Suassos Lane B7 E Sing this song and sing it plain. E All you folks that's coming along, B7 E Jump in with me, and sing this song.
E A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Two good men a long time gone A E Two good men a long time gone, B7 E Left me here to sing this song.

Written by Woody Guthrie

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