The whole song is built by switching between the C and G That's all you need to know to play it, if you're a bit of a guitar player. The rest of this tab is just to get a sound as close as possible (without FX) to the real DKM arragement. The Intro: ---------- Guitar: G -----5---5---5---5-----------5---5-----------5---5- D -----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5- A ---3---3---3---3-----5---5-3---3-----5---5-3---3--- E -3-----------------3---3-----------3---3----------- G ----------5---5- D --5---5---5---5- A --5---5-3---3--- E 3---3----------- => This is played three times. Play the first E -3- only once. The second time the mandolin (?) comes in. Mandolin (?): G -----5--------5--------------- D -----5-5555---5-5555---5------ A ---3--------3----------5-55-3- E -3-------------------3-----3-- G ----------------------------------- D ----------------------------------- A -3-6-5-3-----3-33-3-6-5-3-----3-33- E ---------6-3--------------6-3------ => This is played twice. Second time with lyrics, after that guitar kicks in. Lyrics: Our father was a union man, the bosses fired daddy What's our family gonna do. Guitars kicks in: G -5- --- D -5- x4 (=> This is a C chord by the way, -5- is a G) A -3- -5- E --- -3- Chorus: ------- Guitar: G C CCCCC C CCCCC G GGGGG C CCCC x2 Lead: G -------------------------- D ----------3-5--5-55-3----- x2 A -3-3-33-5-------------5-3- E -------------------------- Verses: ------- Guitars: (Use Palm Muting) C CCCCC C CCCCC G GGGGG C CCCCC G GGGGG C CCCCC G GGGGG/C Lyrics: Come all you good workers good news to you I'll tell of how the good old union has come in here to dewll. The Rest: --------- The rest of the song is pretty much more of the same. For ease, I've included the rest of the lyrics, but they're also included in the CD booklet of course. Lyrics: My daddy was miner and I'm a miner's son and I'll stick with the union 'til every battles done. They say in Marlan County there are no neutrals there you'll either be a union man or a thug for J.H. Blair Oh workers can you stand it? Oh tell me how you can will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man? Don't scab for the bosses don't listen to their lies us poor folks haven't got a chance unless we organize.