Kunci Gitar Here's to the State of Mississippi 
Phil Ochs 
N/A13 dilihat
Key: F# major•
Verse 1
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Here's
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to the state of Mis sissippi,
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For Underheath her borders,
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the dev il draws no lines,
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If you drag her muddy river,
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nameless bod ies you will find.
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whoa the fat trees of the forest
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have hid a thousand crimes,
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the calender is ly in' when
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it reads the present time.
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Whoa here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of,
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Mississippi find your self
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another country to be part of!
Verse 2
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And here's to the people
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of Mis sis sippi
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Who say the folks up north,
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they just don't understand
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And they tremble in their shadows at
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the thun der of the Klan
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The sweating of their souls can't wash
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the blood from off their hands
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They smile and shrug their shoulders
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at the murder of a man
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find your self
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another country to be part of
Verse 3
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And here's to the schools
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of Mis sissippi
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Where they're teaching all the children
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that they don't have to care
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All the rudiments of hatred are
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present everywhere
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And every single classroom is
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a fact ory of despair
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There's nobody learn ing such
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a foreign word as fair
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find your self
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another country to be part of
Verse 4
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And here's to the cops
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of Mis sissippi
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They're chewing their tobacco
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as they lock the prison door
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Their bel lies bounce inside them
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when they knock you to the floor
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No they don't like taking prisoners
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in their private little war
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Be hind their broken badges
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there are murderers an d more
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find your self
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another country to be part of
Verse 5
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And, here's to the judges of Mis sissippi
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Who wear the robe of honor as
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they crawl into the court
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They're guarding all the bastions
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of their phony legal fort
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Oh, justice is a stranger when
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the prisoners report
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When the black man stands ac cused
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the tri al is al ways short
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find your self
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another country to be part of
Verse 6
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And here's to the government
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of Mis sissippi
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In the swamp of their bureaucracy
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they're al ways bogging down
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And criminals are posing as the
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mayors of the towns
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And they hope that no one sees the sights
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and no one hears the sounds
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And the speeches of the gov ernor
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are the ravings of a clown
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find your self
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another country to be part of
Verse 7
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And here's to the laws of Mis sissippi
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Con gressmen will gather
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in a cir cus of delay
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While the Con stitution is drowning
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in an ocean of decay
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Un wed mothers should be sterilized,
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I've even heard them say
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Yes, cor ruption can be clas
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sic in the Mississip pi way
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find your self
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another country to be part of
Verse 8
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And here's to the churches
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of Mississippi
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Where the cross, once made of silver,
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now is caked with rust
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An d the Sunday morning sermons
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pander to their lust
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The fallen face of Jesus is
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choking in the dust
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Heaven only knows in which
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God they can trust
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Oh, here's to the land you've
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torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find your self
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another country to be part of
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