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Standard guitar tuning:EADGBECapo on 2 fretCommon
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|-0-----|-3-- |-1-----|-0-- |-0-----|-0-- |-2-0-0-|-0-- |-3-2-0-|-2-- |-------|-3--Verses 3,4 and 5 are played as the second verse.Bm': x04430
A Gbullet from the Cback of a bushG took MedgCar Evers' blood. G A Gfinger fired the Ctrigger to his namDe. AC haGndle hid ouCt in the dark G A Chand set the Gspark Two Ceyes took the Gaim BeChind a man's Gbrain But Che can't be Gblamed He's Gonly a CpaDwn inC their gameG. A GSouth poliBmtician Ampreaches to the Cpoor white Gman, "You got Gmore than the Cblacks, don't complDain. YCou're beGtter than thCem, you been born with white skin,"G they eCxplain.G And the Negro's name Is used it is plain For the politician's gain As he rises to fame And the poor white remains On the caboose of the train But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game. The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid, And the marshals and cops get the same, But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool. He's taught in his school From the start by the rule That the laws are with him To protect his white skin To keep up his hate So he never thinks straight 'Bout the shape that he's in But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game. From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks, And the hoof beats pound in his brain. And he's taught how to walk in a pack Shoot in the back With his fist in a clinch To hang and to lynch To hide 'neath the hood To kill with no pain Like a dog on a chain He ain't got no name But it ain't him to blame He's only a pawn in their game. Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught. They lowered him down as a king. BCut when the shGadowy suCn seGts on the onCe That fired the gun He'll see by his grave On the stone that remains Carved next to his name His epitaph plain: Only a pawn in their game.
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