Too Many Martyrs Lyrics

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	Em　 g　　　d
	In the state of mississippi many years ago
	Am　　　em
	A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law
	Em　 g　　d
	He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime
	Am　　　em
	And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind
	Am　　 d　　 g
	Chorus: too many martyrs and too many dead
	Am　　　 d　　　g　　 (em optional)
	Too many lies too many empty words were said
	Am　　 d　　 g
	Too many times for too many angry men
	Am　 d　　em
	Oh let it never be again
	His name was medgar evers and he walked his road alone
	Like emmett till and thousands more whose names we'll never know
	They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground
	But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down
	chorus
	The killer waited by his home hidden by the night
	As evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight
	He slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side
	It struck the heart of every man when evers fell and died.
	chorus
	And they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear
	Laid him in his grave when the victory was near
	While we waited for the future for freedom through the land (*)
	The country gained a killer and the country lost a man
	chorus /pre>

	pre
	Em　 g　　　 d
	In the state of mississippi many years ago
	Am　　　 em
	A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law
	Em　 g　　 d
	He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime
	Am　　　 em
	And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind
	Am　　 d　　 g
	Chorus: too many martyrs and too many dead
	Am　　　 d　　　 g　　 em optional
	Too many lies too many empty words were said
	Am　　 d　　 g
	Too many times for too many angry men
	Am　 d　　 em
	Oh let it never be again
	His name was medgar evers and he walked his road alone
	Like emmett till and thousands more whose names we' ll never know
	They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground
	But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down
	chorus
	The killer waited by his home hidden by the night
	As evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight
	He slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side
	It struck the heart of every man when evers fell and died.
	chorus
	And they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear
	Laid him in his grave when the victory was near
	While we waited for the future for freedom through the land
	The country gained a killer and the country lost a man
	chorus pre

	pre
	Em　 g　　　 d
	In the state of mississippi many years ago
	Am　　　 em
	A boy of 14 years got a taste of southern law
	Em　 g　　 d
	He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime
	Am　　　 em
	And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind
	Am　　 d　　 g
	Chorus: too many martyrs and too many dead
	Am　　　 d　　　 g　　 em optional
	Too many lies too many empty words were said
	Am　　 d　　 g
	Too many times for too many angry men
	Am　 d　　 em
	Oh let it never be again
	His name was medgar evers and he walked his road alone
	Like emmett till and thousands more whose names we' ll never know
	They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground
	But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down
	chorus
	The killer waited by his home hidden by the night
	As evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight
	He slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side
	It struck the heart of every man when evers fell and died.
	chorus
	And they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear
	Laid him in his grave when the victory was near
	While we waited for the future for freedom through the land
	The country gained a killer and the country lost a man
	chorus pre

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