Chords for Love Me, I'm a Liberal

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