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