{"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":931153,"song":"Too Many Martyrs","artist":"Phil Ochs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613058-too-many-martyrs-chords-by-phil-ochs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/931153?type=chord","rating":4.87854,"votes":37,"content":"[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the state of Mississippi many years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCHORUS: Too many martyrs and too many dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nToo many lies too many empty words were said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nToo many times for too many angry men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh let it never be again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHis name was Medgar Evers and he walked his road alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLike Emmett Till and thousands more whose names we'll never know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe killer waited by his home hidden by the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs Evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhe slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt struck the heart of every man when Evers fell and died.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nlaid him in his grave when the victory was near[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile we waited for the future for freedom through the land (*)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe country gained a killer and the country lost a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","G","Am","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}