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Phil Ochs - Love Me Im A Liberal Chords

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Love Me Im A Liberal Chords

(ver. 1)
Phil Ochs
[Verse 1]
  D               G           D     G
I cried when they shot Medgar Evers
D                   Bm
Tears ran down my spine
   D              G          D
I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy
               E7              A7
As though I'd lost a father of mine
     D        G              D
But Malcolm X got what was coming
   F#m                        G
He got what he asked for this time
   D        Bm       G        A7    D
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

[Verse 2]
  D     G            D     G
I go to civil rights rallies
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And I put down the old D.A.R.
       D         G          D
I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy
       E7            A7
I hope every colored boy becomes a star
    D           G        D
But don't talk about revolution
       F#m                    G
That's going a little bit too far
   D        Bm       G        A7    D
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

[Verse 3]
  D            G            D     G
I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
   D                     Bm
My faith in the system restored
    D        G            D
I'm glad the commies were thrown out
       E7            A7
Of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board
  D           G          D
I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
   F#m                          G
As long as they don't move next door
   D        Bm       G        A7    D
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

[Verse 4]
  D           G         D     G
The people of old Mississippi
D                              Bm
Should all hang their heads in shame
   D         G               D
I can't understand how their minds work
           E7                          A7
What's the matter don't they watch Les Crane?
     D            G         D
But if you ask me to bus my children
  F#m                          G
I hope the cops take down your name
   D        Bm       G        A7    D
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

[Verse 5]
  D          G          D     G
I read New Republic and Nation
     D                     Bm
I've learned to take every view
               D         G          D
You know, I've memorized Lerner and Golden
  E7                     A7
I feel like I'm almost a Jew
            D        G            D
But when it comes to times like korea
        F#m                        G
There's no one more red, white and blue
   D        Bm       G        A7    D
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

[Verse 6]
  D            G           D     G
I vote for the democtratic party
D                        Bm
They want the U.N. to be strong
  D             G           D
I go to all the Pete Seeger concerts
   E7                         A7
He sure gets me singing those songs
     D            G         D
I'll send all the money you ask for
          F#m                G
But don't ask me to come on along
   D        Bm       G        A7    D
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

[Verse 7]
  D        G           D      G
Once I was young and impulsive
       D                 Bm
I wore every conceivable pin
     D           G         D
Even went to the socialist meetings
        E7                A7
Learned all the old union hymns
     D         G         D
But I've grown older and wiser
    F#m                        G
And that's why I'm turning you in
   D        Bm       G        A7    D
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal            
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