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