Ballad of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith) chords by Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
(A minor) I'll sing you a (G sharp minor) song about a (E major) southern
town where the devil had (G sharp minor) his rule
When (A minor) Marshalls (G sharp minor) faced an (E major) angry
mob to send (F sharp major) one man to school (G sharp minor)
His name was Jimmy (F sharp major) Meredith
the tide (G sharp minor) he helped to turn
For he (G sharp minor) chose to stay on that ter (G major) rible day
The land (A minor) was soon to learn
There (G sharp minor) was blood, red blood, (A minor)
on their hand (D minor) s,
(A minor) Yel (G sharp minor) low dirt on their (D minor) clothes
(A minor) What (G sharp minor) they thought they were (F sharp major) do ing,
(G major) Only (D minor) god (E major) an d the devil knows
There was (A minor) hate, (G sharp minor) cold (A minor) hate,
in their (D minor) hearts,
Shot (A minor) from their souls like a gun (D minor)
And (A minor) as they threw their
stones (E major) and bricks,
They screamed,
(G sharp minor) "see what (E major) you (E minor) have (A minor) done!" (G sharp minor) (A minor)
The governor made a prom (E major) ise (D minor) he
would keep (F sharp major) the trouble (E major) down (G sharp minor)
But when the mob (A minor) got (E major) ugly no
troopers (F sharp major) could be found (G sharp minor)
(A minor) And (G sharp minor) men were filled with (F sharp major) hate and fear,
They screamed (G sharp minor) into the night
The re (G sharp minor) bel flag waved
in the (D sharp major) air
The sym (G sharp minor) bol of state's (A minor) rights
(G sharp minor) There was blood, red blood,
on their (D minor) hands, (A minor)
Yellow (G sharp minor) dirt on their (D minor) clothes
(A minor) What (G sharp minor) they thought they were (F sharp major) do ing,
Only (G major) (D minor) god (E major) and the dev (D minor) il (E major) knows
There (D sharp major) was (G sharp minor) hate, cold hate,
in (A minor) their (D minor) hearts,
Shot (G sharp minor) from their souls (A minor) like a gun (D minor)
And (A minor) as they threw their
stones (E major) and bricks,
They screamed,
(A minor) "see (G sharp minor) what (D sharp major) you have (G sharp minor) done!"
Gas was (A minor) fired in (E major) to the mob
af (F sharp major) ter each attack (G sharp minor)
And though the gas was running low, (E major)
they (F sharp major) never (G sharp minor) fired back (A minor)
And when the smoke (G sharp minor) had (F sharp major) cleared
and the (G sharp minor) fury felt its pain
Two (G sharp minor) men were dead and a
hundred (F sharp major) bled
The south (G sharp minor) had risen again (A minor)
So (G sharp minor) listen Mr Barnet,
(E major) and Mr Walker, (G sharp minor) too
The times are changing mighty (E major) fast,
they'll (F sharp major) roll right (G sharp minor) over you (A minor)
But someday you'll head (F sharp major) for the south,
to the southern (G sharp minor) tip of hell (G major)
And it's (A minor) hot down there,
white-hot (G major) down down there
Let's (G sharp minor) hear your rebel yell!
There was blood, red blood,
on their (A minor) hand (D minor) s, (A minor)
(G sharp minor) Yellow dirt on their (D minor) clothes
(G sharp minor) What they thought they were doing,
Only (E major) god and the devil (D sharp major) knows
There was (G sharp minor) hate, cold hate,
in their (D minor) hearts,
Shot (A minor) from (G sharp minor) their souls like a (D minor) gun
(A minor) And as they threw their
stones (E major) and bricks,
They screamed,
(G sharp minor) "see (E major) what (E minor) you have (A minor) done!" (G sharp minor)
(A minor) "See what (E major) you have done!" (E major) (G sharp minor)
Ballad of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith)
Phil Ochs
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