Only A Pawn In Their Game
Bob Dylan
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G C G C G A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Ever's bloodG C D A finger fired the trigger to his nameG C G A handle hid out in the darkC G A hand set the sparkC G Two eyes took the aimC G Behind a man's brainC G But he can't be blamedG D C G He's only a pawn in their game [Verse 2]G Bm Am C G A South politician preaches to the poor white manG C D You got more than the blacks, don't complainG C G C G You're better than them, you been born with white skin, they explainC G And the Negro's nameC G Is used it is plainC G For the politician's gainC G As he rises to fameC G And the poor white remainsC G On the caboose of the trainC G But it ain't him to blameContinues after the adG D C G He's only a pawn in their game [Verse 3]G Bm Am C G The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paidG C D And the marshals and cops get the sameG C G C G But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a toolC G He's taught in his schoolC G From the start by the rulesC G That the laws are with himC G To protect his white skinC G To keep up his hateC G So he never thinks straightC G 'Bout the shape that he's inC G But it ain't him to blameG D C G He's only a pawn in their game [Verse 4]G Bm Am C G From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracksG C D And the hoof beats pound in his brainG C G And he's taught how to walk in a packC G C G Shoot in the back, with his fist in a clinchC G To hang and to lynchC G To hide 'neath the hoodC G To kill with no painC G Like a dog on a chainC G He ain't a-got no nameC G But it ain't him to blameG D C G He's only a pawn in their game [Verse 5]G Bm Am C G Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caughtG C D They lowered him down as a kingG C But when the shadowy sunG C Sets on the oneC G That fired the gunC G He'll see by his graveC G On the stone that remainsC G Carved next to his nameC G His epitaph plainG D C G Only a pawn in their game