X:45
T:Too Many Martyrs
B:The Complete Phil Ochs: Chords of Fame
C:Words:Phil Ochs, Music:Phil Ochs and Bob Gibson
N:filename[ MNYMRTYR
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Em
EE | EEEG B B3 | AAAE A3 E |
w: In the|state of Mis-sis-sip-pi|man-y years a-go, A|
FFFG A2 FF |
w: boy of four-teen years got a|
M:6/4
EEEF E6 E2 |
w: taste of South-ern law. He|
M:4/4
EEEG B B2 B |
w: saw his friend a-hang-in', his|
AAAE A3 E | FFFG AAAF | EEEF E2 z2 ||
w: col-or was his crime, The|blood up-on his jack-et put a|brand up-on his mind.|
z1 AAA d d2 c | B2 BB B2 z2 |
w: Too man-y mar-tyrs and|too man-y dead,|
z1 AAA dddc | BBBA G2 z2 | z1 AAA d2 dc |
w: Too man-y lies, too man-y|emp-ty words were said,|Too man-y times for two|
BBBB B2 z2 | z1 ccc AAGF | E8 |]
w: man-y an-gry men,|Oh, let it nev-er be a|gain.|