{"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":2736588,"song":"Only A Pawn In Their Game","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11627549-only-a-pawn-in-their-game-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2736588?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":71,"content":"Only A Pawn In Their Game\r\n\r\nBob Dylan (1964)\r\n\r\nThe Times They're A-Changin'\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo IV\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Ever's blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA finger fired the trigger to his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA handle hid out in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA hand set the spark[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo eyes took the aim[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBehind a man's brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he can't be blamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's only a pawn in their game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA South politician preaches to the poor white man[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou got more than the blacks, don't complain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're better than them, you been born with white skin, they explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the Negro's name[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs used it is plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the politician's gain[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs he rises to fame[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the poor white remains[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the caboose of the train[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it ain't him to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's only a pawn in their game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the marshals and cops get the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's taught in his school[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom the start by the rules[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the laws are with him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo protect his white skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo keep up his hate[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he never thinks straight[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Bout the shape that he's in[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it ain't him to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's only a pawn in their game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the hoof beats pound in his brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he's taught how to walk in a pack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShoot in the back, with his fist in a clinch[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo hang and to lynch[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo hide 'neath the hood[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo kill with no pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike a dog on a chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe ain't a-got no name[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it ain't him to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's only a pawn in their game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToday, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey lowered him down as a king[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when the shadowy sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSets on the one[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat fired the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'll see by his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the stone that remains[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCarved next to his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis epitaph plain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly a pawn in their game[/tab]","plain_text":"Only A Pawn In Their Game\n\nBob Dylan (1964)\n\nThe Times They're A-Changin'\n\n\nCapo IV\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["A","G","C","D","Bm","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}