Biography:
Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, and also known as Joseph Hillström (October 7, 1879 or 1882 – November 19, 1915) was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, also known as the Wobblies). He was executed for murder after a controversial trial. After his death, he was memorialized by several folk songs.
Joe Hill is the pen name of Joseph Hillstrom King, son of Stephen King. He is the author of several comic book series, as well as horror novels.
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[Verse 1]
D
Workers of the world, awaken!
A G
Break your chains, demand your rights.
D
All the wealth you make is taken
E
By exploiting parasites.
D
Shall you kneel in deep submission
A G
From your cradles to your graves?
D
Is the height of your ambition
C G C
To be good and willing slaves?
[Chorus]
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye prisoners of starva-tion!
F G7 D
Fight for your own emancipation;
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye slaves of ev'ry na-tion.
E B C
In One Union grand.
G7 C
Our little ones for bread are crying
G7 C
And millions are from hunger dying;
G7 C F
The end the means is justi-fying,
D C
'Tis the final stand.
[Verse 2]
D
If the workers take a notion
A G
They can stop all speeding trains;
D
Every ship upon the ocean
A G
They can tie with mighty chains.
D
Every wheel in the creation,
A G
Every mine and every mill
D
Fleets and armies of the nation,
C G C
Will at their com-mand stand still.
[Chorus]
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye prisoners of starva-tion!
F G7 D
Fight for your own emancipation;
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye slaves of ev'ry na-tion.
E B C
In One Union grand.
G7 C
Our little ones for bread are crying
G7 C
And millions are from hunger dying;
G7 C F
The end the means is justi-fying,
D C
'Tis the final stand.
[Verse 3]
D
Join the union, fellow workers
A G
Men and women, side by side;
D
We will crush the greedy shirkers
A G
Like a sweeping; surging tide;
D
For u-nited we are standing,
A G
But di-vided we will fall;
D
Let this be our understanding--
C G C
"All for one and one for all."
[Chorus]
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye prisoners of starva-tion!
F G7 D
Fight for your own emancipation;
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye slaves of ev'ry na-tion.
E B C
In One Union grand.
G7 C
Our little ones for bread are crying
G7 C
And millions are from hunger dying;
G7 C F
The end the means is justi-fying,
D C
'Tis the final stand.
[Verse 4]
D
Workers of the world, awaken!
A G
Rise in all your splendid might;
D
Take the wealth that you are making,
A G
It be-longs to you by right.
D
No one will for bread be crying,
A G
We'll have freedom, love, and health.
D
When the grand red flag is flying
C G C
In the Workers' Common-wealth.
[Chorus]
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye prisoners of starva-tion!
F G7 D
Fight for your own emancipation;
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye slaves of ev'ry na-tion.
E B C
In One Union grand.
G7 C
Our little ones for bread are crying
G7 C
And millions are from hunger dying;
G7 C F
The end the means is justi-fying,
D C
'Tis the final stand.
D
Workers of the world, awaken!
A G
Break your chains, demand your rights.
D
All the wealth you make is taken
E
By exploiting parasites.
D
Shall you kneel in deep submission
A G
From your cradles to your graves?
D
Is the height of your ambition
C G C
To be good and willing slaves?
[Chorus]
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye prisoners of starva-tion!
F G7 D
Fight for your own emancipation;
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye slaves of ev'ry na-tion.
E B C
In One Union grand.
G7 C
Our little ones for bread are crying
G7 C
And millions are from hunger dying;
G7 C F
The end the means is justi-fying,
D C
'Tis the final stand.
[Verse 2]
D
If the workers take a notion
A G
They can stop all speeding trains;
D
Every ship upon the ocean
A G
They can tie with mighty chains.
D
Every wheel in the creation,
A G
Every mine and every mill
D
Fleets and armies of the nation,
C G C
Will at their com-mand stand still.
[Chorus]
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye prisoners of starva-tion!
F G7 D
Fight for your own emancipation;
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye slaves of ev'ry na-tion.
E B C
In One Union grand.
G7 C
Our little ones for bread are crying
G7 C
And millions are from hunger dying;
G7 C F
The end the means is justi-fying,
D C
'Tis the final stand.
[Verse 3]
D
Join the union, fellow workers
A G
Men and women, side by side;
D
We will crush the greedy shirkers
A G
Like a sweeping; surging tide;
D
For u-nited we are standing,
A G
But di-vided we will fall;
D
Let this be our understanding--
C G C
"All for one and one for all."
[Chorus]
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye prisoners of starva-tion!
F G7 D
Fight for your own emancipation;
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye slaves of ev'ry na-tion.
E B C
In One Union grand.
G7 C
Our little ones for bread are crying
G7 C
And millions are from hunger dying;
G7 C F
The end the means is justi-fying,
D C
'Tis the final stand.
[Verse 4]
D
Workers of the world, awaken!
A G
Rise in all your splendid might;
D
Take the wealth that you are making,
A G
It be-longs to you by right.
D
No one will for bread be crying,
A G
We'll have freedom, love, and health.
D
When the grand red flag is flying
C G C
In the Workers' Common-wealth.
[Chorus]
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye prisoners of starva-tion!
F G7 D
Fight for your own emancipation;
F G7 C Am
Arise, ye slaves of ev'ry na-tion.
E B C
In One Union grand.
G7 C
Our little ones for bread are crying
G7 C
And millions are from hunger dying;
G7 C F
The end the means is justi-fying,
D C
'Tis the final stand.
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