Guitar chords with lyrics
G+G
E minorEm
D MajorD Here's to the state of Mississippi,
G+G
FF For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
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FF If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.
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FF whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,
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E minorEm
A minorAm
D MajorD the calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.
G+G
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
G+G
E minorEm
D MajorD
G+G Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA And here's to the people of Mississippi,
D MajorD
C majorC who say the folks up north, they just don't understand.
D MajorD
C majorC And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan,
D MajorD
C majorC the sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands,
D MajorD
B minorBm
E minorEm
A augmentedA they smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man.
D MajorD
B minorBm
G+G
D MajorD Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
B minorBm
A augmentedA
D MajorD Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of!
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA And here's to the schools of Mississippi,
D MajorD
C majorC where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care,
D MajorD
C majorC all the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere,
D MajorD
C majorC and every single classroom is a factory of despair,
D MajorD
B minorBm
E minorEm
A augmentedA and there's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair .
D MajorD
B minorBm
G+G
D MajorD Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
B minorBm
A augmentedA
D MajorD Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of!
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA And here's to the cops of Mississippi,
D MajorD
C majorC they're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door,
D MajorD
C majorC their bellies bounce inside them when they knock you to the floor,
D MajorD
C majorC no, they don't like taking prisoners in their private little war,
D MajorD
B minorBm
E minorEm
A augmentedA and behind their broken badges there are murderers and more.
D MajorD
B minorBm
G+G
D MajorD Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
B minorBm
A augmentedA
D MajorD Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of!
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA And, here's to the judges of Mississippi,
D MajorD
C majorC who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court,
D MajorD
C majorC they're guarding all the bastions of their phony legal fort,
D MajorD
C majorC oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report,
D MajorD
B minorBm
E minorEm
A augmentedA when the black man stands accused the trial is always short.
D MajorD
B minorBm
G+G
D MajorD Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
B minorBm
A augmentedA
D MajorD Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of!
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA And here's to the government of Mississippi,
D MajorD
C majorC in the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down,
D MajorD
C majorC and criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns,
D MajorD and they hope that no one sees the sights,
C majorC and no one hears the sounds,
D MajorD
B minorBm
E minorEm
A augmentedA and the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown.
D MajorD
B minorBm
G+G
D MajorD Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
B minorBm
A augmentedA
D MajorD Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of!
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA And here's to the laws of Mississippi,
D MajorD
C majorC Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay,
D MajorD
C majorC while the Constitution s drowning in an ocean of decay,
D MajorD
C majorC unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say,
D MajorD
B minorBm
E minorEm
A augmentedA yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way.
D MajorD
B minorBm
G+G
D MajorD Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
B minorBm
A augmentedA
D MajorD Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of!
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA And here's to the churches of Mississippi,
D MajorD
C majorC where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust,
D MajorD
C majorC and the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust,
D MajorD
C majorC the fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust,
D MajorD
B minorBm
E minorEm
A augmentedA and heaven only knows in which God they can trust.
D MajorD
B minorBm
G+G
D MajorD Whoa, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
B minorBm
A augmentedA
D MajorD Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of! (capo 4th) (Phil Ochs)
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Heres To The State Of Mississippi' by Phil Ochs, a male artist. Phil Ochs was born in 1940. He passed away in 1976