Here's to the State of Mississippi chords by Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
(D major) (B minor) (A major) (D major) Here's
to the state (B minor) of Mississippi, (A major)
For (D major) Underheath her borders,
the (C major) devil draws no lines,
If you drag (D major) her muddy river,
nameless bod (C major) ies you will find.
whoa the (D major) fat trees of the forest
have (C major) hid a thousand crimes,
the (D major) calender is ly (B minor) in' when
(E minor) it reads the present (D major) (A major) time.
Whoa (D major) here's to the land (B minor) you've
(G major) torn out the (D major) heart of,
Mississippi find your (B minor) self
another country (A major) to be part (D major) of!
Verse 2
(D major) And here's to the people
(B minor) of Mis (D major) (Esus4) sis (A major) sippi
(D major) Who say the folks up north,
they just (C major) don't understand
And they (D major) tremble in their shadows at
the thun (C major) der of the Klan
The sweating (D major) of their souls can't wash
the (C major) blood from off their hands
They smile (D major) and shrug their (B minor) shoulders
(D major) at (Esus4) the murder of a (A major) man
Oh, (D major) here's to the land (B minor) you've
torn (G major) out the (D major) heart of
Mississippi find your (B minor) self
another (A major) country to be part (D major) of
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Verse 3
(D major) And here's to the schools (B minor)
of (D major) Mis (A major) sissippi
Where they're (D major) teaching all the children
that they (C major) don't have to care
All the (D major) rudiments of hatred are
present (C major) everywhere
And every (D major) single classroom is
a fact (C major) ory of despair
There's (D major) nobody learn (B minor) ing such
(D major) a (E minor) foreign word (D major) as (A major) fair
Oh, (D major) here's to the land (B minor) you've
(G major) torn out the (D major) heart of
Mississippi find your (B minor) self
another country (A major) to be part (D major) of
Verse 4
(D major)
And here's to the cops (B minor)
of Mis (D major) (A major) sissippi
They're (D major) chewing their tobacco
as they lock (C major) the prison door
Their (D major) bellies bounce inside them
when they knock (C major) you to the floor
No they (D major) don't like taking prisoners
in their (C major) private little war
Be (D major) hind their broken badges (B minor)
there are (E minor) murderers an (A major) d more
Oh, (D major) here's to the land (B minor) you've
(G major) torn out the (D major) heart of
Mississippi find your (B minor) self
another country (A major) to be part (D major) of
Verse 5
(D major)
And, here's to the judges (B minor) of (D major) Mis (A major) sissippi
Who (D major) wear the robe of honor as
they (C major) crawl into the court
They're (D major) guarding all the bastions
of their (C major) phony legal fort
Oh, (D major) justice is a stranger when
the (C major) prisoners report
When the black (D major) man stands ac (B minor) cused
the tri (E minor) al is al (A major) ways short
Oh, (D major) here's to the land (B minor) you've
(G major) torn out the (D major) heart of
Mississippi find your (B minor) self
another country (A major) to be part (D major) of
Verse 6
(D major)
And here's to the (B minor) government
(D major) of Mis (A major) sissippi
In the (D major) swamp of their bureaucracy
they're al (C major) ways bogging down
And (D major) criminals are posing as the
(C major) mayors of the towns
And they (D major) hope that no one sees the sights
and no (C major) one hears the sounds
And the speeches (D major) of the gov (B minor) ernor
are the (E minor) ravings of (A major) a clown
Oh, (D major) here's to the land (B minor) you've
(G major) torn out the (D major) heart of
Mississippi find your (B minor) self
another (A major) country to be part (D major) of
Verse 7
(D major) And here's to the laws (B minor) of (D major) Mis (A major) sissippi
Con (D major) gressmen will gather
in a cir (C major) cus of delay
While the Con (D major) stitution is drowning
in an ocean (C major) of decay
Un (D major) wed mothers should be sterilized,
I've (C major) even heard them say
Yes, cor (D major) ruption can be clas
(B minor) sic in (D major) the (E minor) Mississip (A major) pi way
Oh, (D major) here's to the land (B minor) you've
(G major) torn out the (D major) heart of
Mississippi find your (B minor) self
another country (A major) to (D major) be part of
Verse 8
(D major)
And here's to the churches (B minor)
(A major) of Mississippi (A major)
Where the cross, (D major) once made of silver,
now (C major) is caked with rust
And the (D major) Sunday morning sermons
pander (C major) to their lust
(D major) The fallen face of Jesus is
(C major) choking in the dust
(D major) Heaven only knows (B minor) (D major) in which
(E minor) God they (D major) can (A major) trust
Oh, (D major) here's to the land (B minor) you've
(G major) torn out the (D major) heart of
Mississippi find your (B minor) self
another (A major) country to be (D major) part of
Here's to the State of Mississippi
Phil Ochs
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