Chords for Love Me, I'm a Liberal - Phil Ochs

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