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Here's to the State of Mississippi chords by 
Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
D
Bm
A
D
Here's
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A
to the state of Mississippi,
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For Underheath her borders,
C
the devil draws no lines,
D
If you drag her muddy river,
C
nameless bodies you will find.
D
whoa the fat trees of the forest
C
have hid a thousand crimes,
D
Bm
the calender is lyin' when
Em
D
A
it reads the present time.
D
Bm
Whoa here's to the land you've
G
D
torn out the heart of,
Bm
Mississippi find yourself
A
D
another country to be part of!
Verse 2
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And here's to the people
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D
Esus4
A
of Missis sippi
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Who say the folks up north,
C
they just don't understand
D
And they tremble in their shadows at
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the thunder of the Klan
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The sweating of their souls can't wash
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the blood from off their hands
D
Bm
They smile and shrug their shoulders
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Esus4
A
at the murder of a man
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Bm
Oh, here's to the land you've
G
D
torn out the heart of
Bm
Mississippi find yourself
A
D
another country to be part of
Verse 3
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Bm
And here's to the schools
D
A
of Mississippi
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Where they're teaching all the children
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that they don't have to care
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All the rudiments of hatred are
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present everywhere
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And every single classroom is
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a factory of despair
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Bm
There's nobody learning such
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Em
D
A
a foreign word as fair
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Bm
Oh, here's to the land you've
G
D
torn out the heart of
Bm
Mississippi find yourself
A
D
another country to be part of
Verse 4
D
Bm
And here's to the cops
D
A
of Mississippi
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They're chewing their tobacco
C
as they lock the prison door
D
Their bellies bounce inside them
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when they knock you to the floor
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No they don't like taking prisoners
C
in their private little war
D
Bm
Behind their broken badges
Em
A
there are murderers and more
D
Bm
Oh, here's to the land you've
G
D
torn out the heart of
Bm
Mississippi find yourself
A
D
another country to be part of
Verse 5
D
Bm
D
A
And, here's to the judges of Mississippi
D
Who wear the robe of honor as
C
they crawl into the court
D
They're guarding all the bastions
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of their phony legal fort
D
Oh, justice is a stranger when
C
the prisoners report
D
Bm
When the black man stands accused
Em
A
the trial is always short
D
Bm
Oh, here's to the land you've
G
D
torn out the heart of
Bm
Mississippi find yourself
A
D
another country to be part of
Verse 6
D
Bm
And here's to the government
D
A
of Mississippi
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In the swamp of their bureaucracy
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they're always bogging down
D
And criminals are posing as the
C
mayors of the towns
D
And they hope that no one sees the sights
C
and no one hears the sounds
D
Bm
And the speeches of the governor
Em
A
are the ravings of a clown
D
Bm
Oh, here's to the land you've
G
D
torn out the heart of
Bm
Mississippi find yourself
A
D
another country to be part of
Verse 7
D
Bm
D
A
And here's to the laws of Mississippi
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Congressmen will gather
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in a circus of delay
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While the Constitution is drowning
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in an ocean of decay
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Unwed mothers should be sterilized,
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I've even heard them say
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Yes, corruption can be clas
Bm
D
Em
A
sic in the Mississippi way
D
Bm
Oh, here's to the land you've
G
D
torn out the heart of
Bm
Mississippi find yourself
A
D
another country to be part of
Verse 8
D
Bm
And here's to the churches
A
A
of Mississippi
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Where the cross, once made of silver,
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now is caked with rust
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And the Sunday morning sermons
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pander to their lust
D
The fallen face of Jesus is
C
choking in the dust
D
Bm
D
Heaven only knows in which
Em
D
A
God they can trust
D
Bm
Oh, here's to the land you've
G
D
torn out the heart of
Bm
Mississippi find yourself
A
D
another country to be part of
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