Boston Town chords by Della Mae

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G

Verse:
G+G        Cadd9Cadd9    G+G      Cadd9Cadd9
Standing on the floor in the city of the spindles
G+G    Cadd9Cadd9    D MajorD
Got me a job, lift me up to the middle
  G+G      Cadd9Cadd9   G+G      Cadd9Cadd9
The Offering, it painted a very pretty picure,
G+G      Cadd9Cadd9     D MajorD            Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Work at the mills held the promise of the Scripture

   E minorEm        C majorC
But a girl like me was worked to the bone
   G+G           D MajorD
Your fingers bled and your body moaned
E minorEm     C majorC        G+G         D MajorD        Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
14 hours a day and then my paycheck was just half of the men

G+G    Cadd9Cadd9    G+G     Cadd9Cadd9
Looking down with oppression's face,
   G+G    Cadd9Cadd9   D MajorD
That pile of money they steal and waste
G+G     Cadd9Cadd9        G+G    Cadd9Cadd9
Then they said they'd have to cut our pay so
  G+G     Cadd9Cadd9        D MajorD G+G
We broke our cage and formed the FLRA

pre-chorus:
     E minorEm            C majorC
Oh, they said, "What a waste of a pretty girl
  G+G       D MajorD
to let the labor flag unfurl."
 E minorEm            C majorC
I said, "What more can you take from me?
 G+G          D MajorD     Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
I own my hands and my dignity."

chorus:
  E minorEm            C majorC
So pass me a match and we'll strike it on the ground
     G+G     D/F#D/F#  D MajorD
And we'll head back down to Boston Town
E minorEm               C majorC
We can start a fire and they'll never put it out
     G+G     D/F#D/F#  D MajorD   G+G
And we'll head back down to Boston Town.

Instrumental:
G+G G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD

pre-chorus:
   E minorEm            C majorC
They said, "What a waste of a pretty girl
  G+G       D MajorD
to let the labor flag unfurl."
 E minorEm            C majorC
I said, "What more can you take from me?
 G+G          D MajorD     Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
I own my hands and my dignity."

chorus:
  E minorEm            C majorC
So pass me a match and we'll strike it on the ground
     G+G     D/F#D/F#  D MajorD
And we'll head back down to Boston Town
E minorEm               C majorC
We can start a fire and they'll never put it out
     G+G     D/F#D/F#  D MajorD
And we'll head back down to Boston, oh
E minorEm            C majorC
Pass me a match and we'll strike it on the ground
   G+G     D/F#D/F#  D MajorD
We'll head back down to Boston Town.
E minorEm               C majorC
We can start a fire and they'll never put it out
     G+G     D/F#D/F#  D MajorD
And we'll head back down to Boston,
 E minorEm  C majorC G+G  D MajorD
Ohhhh, ooooo, oooh

Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD

a capella, N.C.:
So pass me a match and we'll strike it on the ground
And we'll head back down to Boston Town
E minorEm               C majorC
We can start a fire and they'll never put it out
     G+G     D/F#D/F#
And we'll head back down, oh
E minorEm               C majorC
We can start a fire and they'll never put it out
   G+G     D/F#D/F#  D MajorD   G+G
We'll head back down to Boston Town
     C majorC     G+G    D MajorD   G+G
And we'll head back down to Boston Town
     C majorC     G+G    D MajorD   G+G