{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1778374,"song":"Goodman Schwerner And Chaney","artist":"Tom Paxton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11389862-goodman-schwerner-and-chaney-chords-by-tom-paxton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1778374?type=chord","rating":4.21875,"votes":4,"content":"\"Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney\" from the album \"Ain't That News!\"\r\nMusic and lyrics by Tom Paxton\r\n\r\n\r\nAfter each verse, you may pluck out a bit of the bass line. At that point, it looks like:\r\n\r\n[tab]E|--0-3-2-0-----\r\n    |     |[/tab]\r\n  \r\nrepeated once or twice.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe night air is heavy, no cool breezes blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe sounds of the voices are worried and low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDesperately wondering and desperate to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCalm desperation and flickering hope[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nReality grapples like a hand on the throat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor you live in the shadow of ten feet of rope[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you're Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe Pearl River was dragged and two bodies were found[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut it was a blind alley for both men were brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo they all shrugged their shoulders and the search it went on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPull out the dead bodies from the ooze of the dam[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTake the bodies to Jackson all accordin' to plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the one broken body do the best that you can[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's the body of young James Chaney[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe nation was outraged and shocked through and through[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCall J. Edgar Hoover, he'll know what to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor they've murdered two white men, and a colored boy too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGoodman and Schwerner and Chaney[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJames Chaney your body exploded in pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the beating they gave you is pounding my brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they murdered much more with their dark bloody chains[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the body of pity lies bleeding[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe pot-bellied coppers shook hands all around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd joked with the rednecks who came into town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd they swore that the murderers soon would be found[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd they laughed as they spat their tobacco![/tab]","plain_text":"\"Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney\" from the album \"Ain't That News!\"\nMusic and lyrics by Tom Paxton\n\n\nAfter each verse, you may pluck out a bit of the bass line. At that point, it looks like:\n\n\n  \nrepeated once or twice.","chords":["E","Em","G","D","B","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}