Em G Am In the state of Mississippi many years agoD Em A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern lawEm G Am He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crimeD Em And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind [Chorus]Am D G Em Too many martyrs and too many deadAm D G Em Too many lies too many empty words were saidAm D G Em Too many times for too many angry menAm D Em Oh let it never be again [Verse 2]Em G Am His name was Medgar Evers and he walked his road aloneD Em Like Emmett Till and thousands more whose names we'll never knowEm G Am They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the groundD Em But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down[Chorus]Am D G Em Too many martyrs and too many deadAm D G Em Too many lies too many empty words were saidAm D G Em Too many times for too many angry menAm D Em Oh let it never be again [Verse 3]Em G Am The killer waited by his home hidden by the nightD Em As Evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sightEm G Am he slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his sideD Em It struck the heart of every man when Evers fell and died. [Chorus]Am D G Em Too many martyrs and too many deadAm D G Em Too many lies too many empty words were saidAm D G Em Too many times for too many angry menAm D Em Oh let it never be again [Verse 4]Em G Am And they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clearD Em laid him in his grave when the victory was nearEm G Am While we waited for the future for freedom through the landD Em The country gained a killer and the country lost a man [Chorus]Am D G Em Too many martyrs and too many deadAm D G Em Too many lies too many empty words were saidAm D G Em Too many times for too many angry menAm D Em Oh let it never be againAm D Em Oh let it never be again
Ballad Of Medgar Evers
Phil Ochs
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