Federal Hall chords by The Stanfields

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
A minorAm                      E minorEm
Daddy had a rant in the shed one night, goin' off about federal hall
G+G                        DmDm
Workin' on the mower and workin' on a bottle of rum
 A minorAm                       E minorEm
I passed him a socket, a nine sixteenths, with a three and a quarter inch drive
G+G            E7E7      A minorAm
This is how it was when he was still alive

Verse 2:
    A minorAm                    E minorEm
With a fire in his eye, he let out a cry, "Them crooks in federal hall
  G+G                      DmDm
The pricks on the hill don't care about you and me
   A minorAm                      E minorEm
I'll vote for the man who gathers the parties and takes them out to sea
  G+G                E7E7         A minorAm
To dump 'em in the ocean where the rest of the garbage goes

Chorus:
C majorC G+G          FF   A minorAm
  I've taken time to think about it
C majorC G+G          FF    A minorAm
  The profiteers will raid the gold
      C majorC
  They're fuckin' with our money son
      G+G
  They're fuckin' with our money son
      DmDm
  They're fuckin' with our money son"
  FF    E7E7    A minorAm
  Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

Instrumental:
A minorAm  G+G  FF E7E7 A minorAm

Verse 3:
    A minorAm                   E minorEm
With my hat in my hand, I was taking a stand, I ran for federal hall
G+G                 DmDm
Mad at the world and full of grim resolve
 A minorAm                       E minorEm
I told the old man not to worry, not to fret that I intended to be
 G+G           E7E7        A minorAm
A augmentedA man of the people and he'd be proud of me

Chorus:
C majorC G+G           FF   A minorAm
  Now you won't have to think about it
C majorC G+G           FF    A minorAm
  The profiteers won't raid the gold
     C majorC
  "They're fuckin' with our money son
    G+G
  They're fuckin' with our money son
    DmDm
  They're fuckin' with our money son"
  FF    E7E7    A minorAm
  Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

Solo:
DmDm
G+G   FF G+G   FF G+G   FF G+G
A minorAm    G+G    C majorC    FF
A minorAm    G+G    FF E7E7  A minorAm

Verse 4:
A minorAm                       E minorEm
Twenty years later I'm a mover and shaker, and banished to federal hall
    G+G                    DmDm
Playing two bit games and arguing for nothing at all
A minorAm                   E minorEm
Biding my time, nothing on the line, a shadow of what I should be
  G+G           E7E7        A minorAm
Now daddy's in heaven and he ain't proud of me

Chorus:
C majorC G+G           FF    A minorAm
  I've had some time to think about it
C majorC G+G           FF    A minorAm
  My daddy said they'd raid the gold
       C majorC
  "They're fuckin' with our money son
      G+G
  They're fuckin' with our money son
      DmDm
  They're fuckin' with our money son"
  FF    E7E7    A minorAm
  Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

Outro:
     A minorAm         G+G        C majorC        FF

     A minorAm         G+G        FF    E7E7   A minorAm
Oh oh oh Ohhh ee-oh Oh oh oh Ohhh ee-oh Oh oh Ohhh ee-ohhh ee-ohhh
     A minorAm         G+G        C majorC        FF

     A minorAm         G+G        FF    E7E7   A minorAm  A minorAm
Oh oh oh Ohhh ee-oh Oh oh oh Ohhh ee-oh Oh oh Ohhh ee-ohhh ee-ohhh