Chords
Only A Pawn In Their Game

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
              G  
     .
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