Tonart: A minor
Verse 1
Am
G#m
I'll sing you a song about a
G#m
where the devil had his rule
Am
G#m
E
When marshals faced an angry mob
F#
G#m
to send one man to school
His name was Jimmy Meredith
F#
G#m
and the tide he helped to turn
G#m
For he chose to stay that
Am
the land was soon to learn
Am
Dm
red blood on their hands
Am
G#m
Dm
Yellow dirt on their clothes
Am
G#m
What they thought
G
Dm
E
Only God and the devil knows
Am
G#m
Am
Dm
There was hate, cold hate in their hearts
Am
Dm
Shot from their souls like a gun
Am
And as they threw their
They screamed,
G#m
E
Em
Am
G#m
see what you have done
Am
E
The governor made a promise
Dm
F#
E
He would keep the trouble down
G#m
Am
E
But when the mob got ugly,
F#
G#m
no troopers could be found
Am
G#m
F#
And men were filled with hate and fear,
G#m
they screamed into the night
G#m
D#
The rebel flag waved in the air,
G#m
Am
the symbol of states' rights
Dm
red blood on their hands,
Am
G#m
Dm
yellow dirt on their clothes
Am
G#m
F#
What they thought they were do ing,
G
Dm
E
Dm
E
only God an d the devil knows
D#
G#m
There was hate,
Am
Dm
cold hate in their hearts
G#m
Am
Dm
Shot from their souls like a gun
Am
And as they threw their
They screamed,
Am
G#m
D#
G#m
see what you have done
Am
E
Gas was fired into the mob
F#
G#m
after each attack
And though the gas was running low,
E
F#
G#m
Am
they never fired back
G#m
F#
And when the smoke had cleared away
G#m
and the fury felt its pain
G#m
Two men were dead
and a hundred bled,
F#
G#m
the South had risen again
Am
G#m
E
So listen Mr. Barnett and
Mr. Walker too
G#m
E
The times are changing mighty fast,
F#
G#m
they'll roll right over you
Am
F#
But Sunday you'll head farther south
G#m
G
to the southern tip of hell
Am
And it's hot down there,
G#m
let's hear your rebel yell
There was blood,
Am
Dm
red blood on their hands
Am
G#m
Dm
Yellow dirt on their clothes
G#m
What they thought
they were doing
E
D#
Only God and the devil knows
G#m
Dm
There was hate, cold hate in their hearts
Am
G#m
Dm
Shot from their souls like a gun
Am
And as they threw their
They screamed,
G#m
E
Em
Am
see what you have done
G#m
Am
E
E
G#m
See what you have done you
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