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Phil Ochs - Too Many Martyrs Lyrics

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  • Em g d
  • In the state of mississippi many years ago
  • Am em
  • A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law
  • Em g d
  • He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime
  • Am em
  • And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind
  • Am d g
  • Chorus: too many martyrs and too many dead
  • Am d g (em optional)
  • Too many lies too many empty words were said
  • Am d g
  • Too many times for too many angry men
  • Am d em
  • Oh let it never be again
  • His name was medgar evers and he walked his road alone
  • Like emmett till and thousands more whose names well never know
  • They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground
  • But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down
  • *chorus*
  • The killer waited by his home hidden by the night
  • As evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight
  • He slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side
  • It struck the heart of every man when evers fell and died.
  • *chorus*
  • And they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear
  • Laid him in his grave when the victory was near
  • While we waited for the future for freedom through the land (*)
  • The country gained a killer and the country lost a man
  • *chorus* /pre>

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