Tuning: E A D G B E

Artist: Woody Guthrie Song: Two Good Men This song is played in a fast fingerpicking style. [Intro] E A E B7 E [Verse 1]

^ESay, there, did you hear the news? ^B7Sacco worked at trimming sh^Eoes; ^EVanzetti was a peddling man, ^B7Pushed his fish cart with his han^Eds.

[Chorus 1]

^ETwo good men a l^Aong time g^Eone, Two good men a^B7 long time g^Eone ^ASacco, Vanzetti are ^Egone, ^B7Left me here to sing this s^Eong.

[Verse 2]

^ESacco was born across the sea ^B7Somewhere over in Ital^Ey; ^EVanzetti was born of parents fine, ^B7Drank the best Italian win^Ee.

[Verse 3]

^ESacco sailed the sea one day, ^B7Landed up in Boston B^Eay; ^EVanzetti sailed the ocean blue, ^B7Landed up in Boston, t^Eoo.

[Chorus 2]

^ETwo good men a l^Aong time g^Eone, Two good men a^B7 long time g^Eone ^ATwo good men a long time g^Eone, ^B7Left me here to sing this s^Eong.

[Verse 4]

^ESacco's wife three children had, ^B7Sacco was a family m^Ean; ^EVanzetti was a dreaming man, ^B7His book was always in his ^Ehand.

[Verse 5]

^ESacco earned his bread and butter ^B7Being the factory's best shoe c^Eutter; ^EVanzetti spoke both day and night, ^B7Told the workers how to f^Eight.

[Chorus 2]

^ETwo good men a l^Aong time g^Eone, Two good men a^B7 long time g^Eone ^ATwo good men a long time g^Eone, ^B7Left me here to sing this s^Eong.

[Verse 6]

^EI'll tell you if you ask me ^B7'Bout this payroll robber^Ey; ^ETwo clerks was killed by the shoe factory ^B7On the street in South Brain^Etree.

[Verse 7]

^EJudge Thayer told his friends around ^B7He would cut the radicals d^Eown; ^EAnarchist bastards was the name ^B7Judge Thayer called these two good ^Emen.

[Verse 8]

^EI'll tell you the prosecutors' names, ^B7Katsman, Adams, Williams, K^Eane; ^EThe judge and lawyers strutted down, ^B7They done more tricks than circus c^Elowns.

[Chorus 2]

^ETwo good men a l^Aong time g^Eone, Two good men a^B7 long time g^Eone ^ATwo good men a long time g^Eone, ^B7Left me here to sing this s^Eong.

[Verse 9]

^EVanzetti docked here in 1908; ^B7He slept along the dirty st^Ereets, ^EHe told the workers “Organize” ^B7And on the electric chair he d^Eies.

[Verse 10]

^EAll you people ought to be like me, ^B7And work like Sacco and Vanze^Etti; ^EAnd every day find some ways to fight ^B7On the union side for workers' r^Eights.

[Verse 11]

^EI've got no time to tell this tale, ^B7The dicks and bulls are on my tr^Eail; ^EBut I'll remember these two good men ^B7That died to show me how to l^Eive.

[Chorus 2]

^ETwo good men a l^Aong time g^Eone, Two good men a^B7 long time g^Eone ^ATwo good men a long time g^Eone, ^B7Left me here to sing this s^Eong.

[Verse 12]

^EAll you people in Suassos Lane ^B7Sing this song and sing it p^Elain. ^EAll you folks that's coming along, ^B7Jump in with me, and sing this ^Esong.

[Chorus 2]

^ETwo good men a l^Aong time g^Eone, Two good men a^B7 long time g^Eone ^ATwo good men a long time ^Egone, ^B7Left me here to sing this s^Eong.

Woody Guthrie - Two good men