William Moore chords by Phil Ochs

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Walkin' down  (E minor) an alabama
road
Rememberin' what the Bible told
D g d am
A 
D 
A 
Em 
Walkin'  (A major) with a  (D major) letter in  (A major) his  (E minor) hand
D g d am
A 
D 
Em 
Dreaming  (A major) of an (D major) other southern land  (E minor) 
Am
D 
Em 
Walkin' down an alabama  (D major)  (E minor) road

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Verse 2

And he went by the name

of william moore

Now what are you doing william moore

D g am

Why the letter in your hand?

D g am

There's only one southern land

And he went by the name of william moore

Verse 3
Em 
Am  (E minor) em am
B 
Bm 
Em 
What price the  (B major) glory  (B minor) of  one  (E minor) man?
C f
G 
D 
 (G major) What price the glory of one man?  (D major) 
C em
Bm 
 (B minor) What price the hopes,
F g
G 
D 
 (G major) What price the  (D major) dreams,
C f g c
G 
D 
And  (G major) what price the glory  (D major) of
G 
Em 
one  (G major) man?  (E minor) 

Verse 4
Em 
Remembering  (E minor) what his
grandfather done
Fought for the south in '61
A 
D 
A  (A major) hundred years have  (D major) passed
A 
Em 
 (A major) by since  (E minor) then
A 
D 
 (A major) Now moore is fighting  (D major) for the
A 
Em 
 (A major) south again  (E minor) 
Remembering what his
grandfather done

Verse 5
Em 
Remembering  (E minor) the time in world war two
And the south pacific island that he knew
A 
Re (A major) membering the young
D 
Em 
men  (D major) that he  (E minor) killed
A 
D 
And the praying  (A major) that the gun (D major) 
A 
Em 
s of  (A major) hate be  (E minor) stilled
Remembering the time in world war two
B 
Bm 
What price the  (B major) glory of  (B minor) one

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) man?
G 
 (G major) What price the glory of
Em 
D 
one man?  (E minor)  (D major) 
Bm 
 (B minor) What price the hopes,
G 
D 
 (G major) What price the  (D major) dreams,
G 
And  (G major) what price the glory
D 
G 
Em 
of  (D major) one  (G major) man?  (E minor) 

Verse 7

And they shot him on the alabama road

Forgot about what the Bible told

They shot him with that letter in his hand

As though he were a dog and not a man

Verse 8
And they shot him on the alabama road
Em 
 (E minor) 
Did you say it was a shame when he died?
Did you say he was fool because he tried?
A 
D 
Em 
 (A major) Did you wonder  (D major) who had fired the  (E minor) gun?
A 
Did you know  (A major) that it was
Em 
you who fired  (E minor) the gun?
Did you say it was a shame
D 
Em 
 (D major) when he  (E minor) died?

Verse 9
Em 
What price the  (E minor) glory of one man?
G 
 (G major) What price the glory of
C 
Em 
D 
one  (C major) man?  (E minor)  (D major) 
Bm 
What  (B minor) price the hopes,
G 
D 
 (G major) What price the  (D major) dreams,
G 
And  (G major) what price the glory of one man?