The Ballad Of Oxford, Mississippi chords by Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
(A minor) I'll sing you a (G sharp minor) song about a
(E major) southern town
where the devil had (G sharp minor) his rule
When (A minor) marshals (G sharp minor) faced an (E major) angry mob
to (F sharp major) send one man to school (G sharp minor)
His name was Jimmy Meredith
(F sharp major) and the tide (G sharp minor) he helped to turn
For he (G sharp minor) chose to stay that
ter (G major) rible day,
the land (A minor) was soon to learn
There (G sharp minor) was blood,
red blood (A minor) on their hand (D minor) s
Yel (A minor) low (G sharp minor) dirt on their (D minor) clothes
What (A minor) (G sharp minor) they thought
they were (F sharp major) do ing
Only (G major) God (D minor) an (E major) d the devil knows
There was (A minor) hate, (G sharp minor) cold (A minor) hate in their (D minor) hearts
Shot (A minor) from their souls like a (D minor) gun
And (A minor) as they threw their
stone (E major) s and bricks
They screamed,
(G sharp minor) see what (E major) you (E minor) have (A minor) done (G sharp minor)
(A minor) The governor made a prom (E major) ise
He (D minor) would (F sharp major) keep the (E major) trouble down
(G sharp minor) But when the mob (A minor) got (E major) ugly,
no troop (F sharp major) ers could be found (G sharp minor)
And (A minor) (G sharp minor) men were filled with (F sharp major) hate and fear,
they screamed (G sharp minor) into the night
The re (G sharp minor) bel flag waved in the air (D sharp major) ,
the (G sharp minor) symbol of states' (A minor) rights
There (G sharp minor) was blood,
red blood on their (D minor) hands,
(A minor) yellow dirt (G sharp minor) on their (D minor) clothes
What (A minor) (G sharp minor) they thought they were (F sharp major) do ing,
only (G major) God (D minor) (E major) an d the dev (D minor) il knows (E major)
There was (D sharp major) (G sharp minor) hate,
cold hate in (A minor) their (D minor) hearts
Shot (G sharp minor) from their souls (A minor) like a (D minor) gun
And (A minor) as they threw their
stone (E major) s and bricks
They screamed,
(A minor) see (G sharp minor) what (D sharp major) you have (G sharp minor) done
Gas was (A minor) fired into (E major) the mob
af (F sharp major) ter each attack (G sharp minor)
And though the gas was running low,
(E major) they (F sharp major) never fired (G sharp minor) back (A minor)
And when the smoke (G sharp minor) had (F sharp major) cleared away
and the (G sharp minor) fury felt its pain
Two men (G sharp minor) were dead
and a hundred bled,
(F sharp major) the (G sharp minor) South had risen again
(A minor) So listen (G sharp minor) Mr. Barnett (E major) and
Mr. Walker too
(G sharp minor) The times are changing mighty (E major) fast,
they'll (F sharp major) roll right (G sharp minor) over you
(A minor) But Sunday you'll head (F sharp major) farther south
to the (G sharp minor) southern tip of hell (G major)
And it's (A minor) hot down there,
white (G major) hot down there,
let's (G sharp minor) hear your rebel yell
There was blood,
red blood on their (A minor) hands (D minor)
Yel (A minor) low (G sharp minor) dirt on their (D minor) clothes
What (G sharp minor) they thought
they were doing
Only God (E major) and the devil knows (D sharp major)
There was (G sharp minor) hate, cold hate in their (D minor) hearts
Shot (A minor) from (G sharp minor) their souls like a (D minor) gun
An (A minor) d as they threw their
stone (E major) s and bricks
They screamed,
(G sharp minor) see (E major) what (E minor) you have (A minor) done
See (G sharp minor) (A minor) what (E major) you have done (E major) (G sharp minor) you
The Ballad Of Oxford, Mississippi
Phil Ochs
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