Only A Pawn In Their Game
Morrissey
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G [Verse 1]G A bullet from the back of a bushG Took Medgar Evers' bloodG A finger fired the trigger to hisD nameG C G A handle hid out in the darkG A hand set the sparkG Two eyes took the aimG Behind a man's brainG But he can't be blamedG D G He's only a pawn in their game [Verse 2]G Am C A South politician preaches toG the poor white manG "You got more than the blacks,D don't complainG You're better than them, you been born with white skin, " they explainG And the Negro's nameG Is used, it is plainG For the politician's gainG As he rises to fameG And the poor white remainsContinues after the adG On the caboose of the trainG But it ain't him to blameD G He's only a pawn in their game [Verse 3]Am The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers,C G the governors get paidG D And the marshals and cops get theG sameG But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a toolG He's taught in his schoolG From the start by the ruleG That the laws are with himG To protect his white skinG To keep up his hateG So he never thinks straightG 'Bout the shape that he's in But it ain't him to blameD G He's only a pawn in their game [Verse 4]A From the poverty shacks, he looksC G from the cracks to the tracksG D And the hoofbeats pound in his brainG And he's taught how to walk in a packG Shoot in the backG With his fist in a clinchG To hang and to lynchG To hide 'neath the hoodG To kill with no painG Like a dog on a chainG He ain't got no nameG But it ain't him to blameD G He's only a pawn in their game [Verse 5]G Am Today, Medgar Evers was buriedC G from the bullet he caughtG D They lowered him down as a kingG But when the shadowy sun sets on the oneG That fired the gunG He'll see by his graveG On the stone that remainsG Carved next to his nameG His epitaph plainD G Only a pawn in their game