Medgar Evers Lullaby chords by Judy Collins
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E minor) (F major) (A minor) (Esus4) (A minor) (E minor)
(F major) (A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) Bye- bye,
my (E minor) baby, I'll (A minor) rock you to sleep (G major)
(C major) Sing you a sad (D major) song,
it (C major) might make you weep (D major)
Your (A minor) daddy is (C major) dead and
he'll (B minor) never come (E minor) back
And the (A minor) reason they killed him, (C major)
(F major) because (D minor) he was (E minor) black
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Verse 2
(E minor)
I'll (A minor) tell you a story (G major)
that (A minor) you ought to know (G major)
It (C major) happened in our (D major) town
a short (C major) while ago (D major)
Your (A minor) daddy was (C major) walking
alone (B minor) for some (E minor) air
And a man (A minor) in the bushes (G major) (F major) was
waiting (D minor) right (E minor) there
(E major)
Verse 3
(E minor) (E major)
That (A minor) man shot your (G major) daddy and
laughed (A minor) while he died (G major)
Your (C major) daddy lay (D major) dying with
tears (C major) in his (D major) eyes
(A minor) He cried for the (C major) things that
a man (B minor) leaves (E minor) undone
And he (A minor) cried for the dreams that
he (D minor) had for his son
Interlude 1
(E minor) (A minor)
Verse 4
What will you (G major) do, son,
(A minor) when you are a man? (G major)
Will you (C major) learn to live (D major) lonely
and (C major) hate all you (D major) can?
Will you (A minor) try to be (C major) happy
and try (B minor) not to see (E minor)
That (A minor) all men are slaves (G major) till their (D minor) brothers are
(E minor) free?
Interlude 2
(E minor) (E major) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
Verse 5
Bye- bye, my (G major) baby,
I'll (A minor) rock you to sleep (G major)
(C major) Sing you a (D major) sad song,
it (C major) might make you weep (D major)
Your (A minor) daddy is (C major) dead and
he'll (B minor) never come (E minor) back
And the (A minor) reason they killed (G major) him,
be (D minor) cause he was (E minor) black
Outro 1
(E minor) (D major)
Medgar Evers Lullaby
Judy Collins
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