Key: C
Introduction:
Am C/G D/F# F
"Twas down in Mississippi no so long ago,
Am C/G D/F# E
When a young boy from Chicago town walked in a Southern door.
Am C/G D/F# F
This boy's frightful tragedy you should all remember well,
Am C/G E Am
The color of his skin was black and his name was Emmett Till.
Some men they dragged him to a barn and there they beat him up.