Only a Pawn in Their Game chords by Barbara Dane
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Verse 1
A (G major) bul (D major) let (C major) (G major) from
the (C major) back of a bush (G major)
took Medgar (C major) Evers' blood. (G major)
A finger fired the (C major) trigger to his name. (D major)
A (C major) (G major) handle shot (C major) out in the dark.
(G major) Two eye (C major) s took the aim
(G major) behind a man's brain
But (C major) he can't be blamed, (G major)
he's only a (D major) pawn (G major) in their game (C major) (D major)
The (G major) South politician
(E minor) preaches (C major) to the poor white (D major) men (G major)
You got more than the black (C major) s,
don't com (D major) plain
You're better than (G major) them,
you were born (C major) with white skin, (D major)
they explain (G major)
While the (C major) Negro's (G major) name is used, (C major)
it is plain (G major)
For the (C major) politician's gain, (G major)
as he (C major) rises to fame
(G major) While the poor (C major) white remain (G major) s
on the caboose of the (C major) train
(G major) So he can't be blamed
He's only a (C major) (D major) pawn in their (G major) game (C major) (D major)
The deputy (G major) sheriff, (E minor) the police,
(C major) the gov (D major) ernor gets paid (G major)
And the marshals and cops (C major) get the same (D major)
But the (G major) poor white man (E minor) is used (C major)
And the hands of them all like a (G major) tool
He's taught in his school,
from the start by the rule
That the laws (C major) are with him, (G major)
to protect (C major) his white skin (G major)
To keep up his hate,
so he never thinks straight
About the (C major) shape that he's in,
(G major) so he (C major) can't be blamed (G major)
It's only a (D major) pawn in their game (G major) (C major) (D major)
From the (G major) poverty (E minor) shacks,
he (C major) looks through the (G major) cracks (D major) to the tracks (G major)
And the hoof beats (C major) pound in his brain (D major)
And (C major) he's (G major) taught how to
(C major) hide beneath the hood
(G major) With his fist (C major) in a (G major) clinch
To hang (C major) and (G major) to lynch
To kill (C major) with no (G major) pain
Like a dog on a chain
He ain't a -got no name,
so he can't be blamed
He's only a (D major) pawn in their game (G major) (C major) (D major)
The (G major) day Medgar (C major) Evers (E minor) was (C major) buried
from the (D major) bullet that he caught (G major)
They lord him down (C major) like a (D major) king
But (G major) when the shadowy sun (C major) sets
on the one (G major) who fired (C major) the gun (G major)
You'll see by his (C major) name (G major) on the (C major) stone
that remain (G major) s his epi (C major) taph (G major) plain
Only a (D major) paw in their (G major) game
Outro 1
Yeah
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Only a Pawn in Their Game
Barbara Dane
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