Key: G
Introduction:
G
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Verses 3,4 and 5 are played as the second verse.
G C G C G
A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood.
G C D/A
A finger fired the trigger to his name.
G C BA G
A handle hid out in the dark
C G
A hand set the spark
C G
Two eyes took the aim
C G
Behind a man's brain
C G
But he can't be blamed
G B C D C B G
He's only a pawn in their game.
G Bm Am C G
A South politician preaches to the poor white man,
G C B D
"You got more than the blacks, don't complain.
C B G C B A G C G
You're better than them, you been born with white skin," they explain.
And the Negro's name
C B G C G C
But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
That fired the gun