Love Me, I'm A Liberal original guitar chords by
Phil Ochs

1966•Folk•

Key: E major•

Intro 1

In every American community there are

varying shades of political opinion

One of the shadiest of these is the liberals

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An outspoken group on many subjects

Ten degrees to the left of center in good times

Ten degrees to the right of center

if it affects them personally

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So here, then, is a lesson in safe

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logic

Verse 1

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I cried when they shot Medgar Evers

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Tears ran down my spine

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And I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy

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As though I'd lost a father of mine

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But Malcolm X got what was coming

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He got what he asked for this time

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So love me, love me, love me,

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I'm a liberal

Interlude 1

Get it?

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Verse 2

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I go to civil rights rallies

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And I put down the old DAR

DAR, that's

the Dykes of the American Revolution

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I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy

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I hope every colored boy becomes a star

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But don't talk about revolution

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That's going a little bit too far

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So love me, love me, love me,

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I'm a liberal

Verse 3

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I cheered when Humphrey was chosen

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My faith in the system restored

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And I'm glad that the Commies

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were thrown out

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From the AFL-CIO board

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And I love Puerto Ricans and Negros

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As long as they don't move next door

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So love me, love me, love me,

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I'm a liberal

Verse 4

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Ah, the people of old Mississippi

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Should all hang their heads in shame

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Now, I can't understand

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how their minds work

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What's the matter

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don't they watch Les Crane?

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But if you ask me to bus my children

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I hope the cops take down your name

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So love me, love me, love me,

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I'm a liberal

Verse 5

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Yes, I read New Republic and Nation

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I've learned to take every view

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You know, I've memorized Lerner

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and Gold- en

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I feel like I'm almost a Jew

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But when it comes to times like Korea

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There's no one more red, white and blue

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So love me, love me, love me,

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I'm a liberal

Verse 6

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I vote for the Democratic Party

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They want the UN to be strong

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I attend all the Pete Seeger concerts

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He sure gets me singing those songs

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And I'll send all the money you ask for

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But don't ask me to come on along

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So love me, love me, love me,

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I'm a liberal

Verse 7

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Sure, once I was young and impulsive

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I wore every conceivable pin

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Even went to socialist meetings

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Learned all the old Union hymns

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Oh, but I've grown older and wiser

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And that's why I'm turning you in

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So love me, love me, love me,

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I'm a liberal

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