Chords for Phil Ochs - Love me, I'm a Liberal.wmv

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In every American community, you have varying shades of political opinion.
_ [A] One of the shadiest of these is the liberals, _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ _ an outspoken group on many subjects. _
_ _ [A] _ _ Ten degrees to the left of center in good [E] times, _ _ ten degrees to the right of center
if it affects them personally.
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_ _ So here then is a lesson in safe logic.
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_ [E] I cried when they [A] shot [E] Medgar Evers.
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Tears ran down [C#m] my _ spine.
And [E] I cried when they [A] shot Mr.
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Kennedy.
_ _ As [F#] though I'd lost a [Em] father of [B] _ mine.
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But Malcolm X [A] got [Em] what was coming. _ _ _
[G#m] He got what he asked for [A] this _ time. _
[E] So love me, [B] love me, love me, [Em] I'm a liberal. _ _
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Get it? _ _ _ _ _
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I go to civil rights rallies _ _ and I put down the old [C#m] DAR. _ _ _
DAR, that's the dykes of the American Revolution. _ _ _ _
_ [E] I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy. _ _
I [F#] hope every colored boy [B] becomes a star. _
_ [E] But don't talk about _ revolution. _
_ _ [G#m] That's going a little [E] bit [A] too far.
_ [Em] So love [C#m] me, _ [A] love me, love [B]
me, [Em] I'm a liberal. _
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_ I cheered when [A]
Humphrey [E] was chosen. _
[A] _ [E] My faith in the system [C#m] restored. _ _
[E] And I'm glad that the commies were thrown out _ [F#] from the _ AFL _ [B]-CIO bar. _
[Em] And [E] I love [A] Puerto _ [Em] Ricans and _ _ [A]
Negroes [G#m] as long as they don't [A] move next door.
_ [Em] So love me, _ [A] love me, love [B]
me, [Em] I'm a liberal. _
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_ All the people of [B]
old _ [E] Mississippi _ [A] _
_ [E] should all hang their heads [C#m] in shame. _
[E] Now I can't understand how their minds work.
_ [F#] What's the matter?
Don't they watch [B] Last Train? _
_ [E] But if you ask me [A] to bust [Em] my children, [E] _ _ [G#m] I hope the cops take [E] down [A] your _ _ name.
[E] So love me, _ love me, love me, I'm a liberal. _
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Yes, I read New Republic and Nation. _
_ _ I've learned to take [C#m] every view.
[Em] You know, [E] I've memorized Lerner and Golden. _ _ _
[F#] I feel like I'm [B] almost a Jew. _ _ _
[Em] But when [E] it [A] comes to times [Em] like Korea, _ [A] _
_ [G#m] there's no one more red, white, [A] and blue. _ _
[Em] So love me, _
[A] love me, love [B] me, _
[E] I'm a liberal. _ _
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I vote for the Democratic Party. _ _
They want the UN to [C#m] be strong.
_ [E] I attend all the Pete Seeger _ concerts.
_ [F#] He sure gets me [E] singing [B] those songs.
_ _ [E] And I'll send all the money you ask [A] for.
But [G#m] don't ask me to come [E] on [A] along.
_ _ [Em] So love [C#m] me, [E] love me, love [B] me, [Em] I'm a liberal.
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Sure, once I was [A] young and [Em] _ impulsive.
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[E] I wore every _ conceivable [C#m] _ pin. _
[E] _ Even went to [A]
socialist [E] _ meetings. _ _
_ [F#] Learned all the old [B] union hymns. _ _
_ [E] Ah, but I've [A] grown [Em] older and wiser.
[E] _ _ [G#m] And that's why I'm [A] turning you in.
_ _ _ [E] So love me, _ love me, love [B] me, [Em] I'm a liberal.
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