Ballad of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith)
Ballad of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith)

Ballad of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith) chords by Phil Ochs

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Transpose

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  • Am

  • G#m

    4

  • E

  • F#

    2

  • G

  • Dm

  • Em

  • D#

    6

  • Am

  • G#m

    4

  • E

  • F#

    2

  • G

  • Dm

  • Em

  • D#

    6
    • Verse 1
    I'll 
    sing 
    you a 
    song 
    about 
    a 
    southern 

    town 
    where the 
    devil 
    had 
    his rule 

    When 
    Marshalls 
    faced 
    an 
    angry 

    mob 
    to send 
    one 
    man 
    to school 

    His 
    name 
    was 
    Jimmy 
    Meredith 

    the tide 
    he helped 
    to 
    turn 

    For he 
    chose 
    to stay 
    on 
    that ter
    rible 
    day 

    The 
    land 
    was soon 
    to learn 

    There 
    was 
    blood, 
    red 
    blood, 

    on 
    their 
    hand
    s, 

    Yel
    low 
    dirt 
    on 
    their 
    clothes 

    What 
    they 
    thought 
    they 
    were 
    do
    ing, 

    Only 
    god 
    an
    d 
    the 
    devil 
    knows 

    There 
    was 
    hate, 
    cold 
    hate, 

    in 
    their 
    hearts, 

    Shot 
    from 
    their 
    souls 
    like 
    a gun 

    And 
    as 
    they 
    threw 
    their 

    stones 
    and 
    bricks, 

    They 
    screamed, 

    "see 
    what 
    you 
    have 
    done!" 

    The 
    governor 
    made 
    a prom
    ise 
    he 

    would keep 
    the trouble 
    down 

    But 
    when 
    the mob 
    got 
    ugly 
    no 

    troopers 
    could be 
    found 

    And 
    men 
    were 
    filled 
    with 
    hate 
    and 
    fear, 


    They screamed 
    into 
    the night 

    The re
    bel 
    flag 
    waved 

    in 
    the 
    air 

    The sym
    bol 
    of state's 
    rights 

    There 
    was 
    blood, 
    red 
    blood, 

    on 
    their 
    hands, 

    Yellow 
    dirt 
    on 
    their 
    clothes 

    What 
    they 
    thought 
    they 
    were 
    do
    ing, 

    Only 
    god 
    and 
    the 
    dev
    il 
    knows 

    There 
    was 
    hate, 
    cold 
    hate, 

    in 
    their 
    hearts, 

    Shot 
    from 
    their 
    souls 
    like 
    a gun 

    And 
    as 
    they 
    threw 
    their 

    stones 
    and 
    bricks, 

    They 
    screamed, 

    "see 
    what 
    you 
    have 
    done!" 

    Gas 
    was 
    fired 
    in
    to 
    the mob 

    af
    ter 
    each attack

    And 
    though 
    the gas 
    was 
    running 
    low, 

    they 
    never 
    fired 
    back 

    And 
    when 
    the smoke 
    had 
    cleared 

    and 
    the 
    fury 
    felt 
    its 
    pain 

    Two 
    men 
    were 
    dead 
    and a 

    hundred 
    bled 

    The south 
    had 
    risen 
    again 

    So 
    listen 
    Mr 
    Barnet, 

    and 
    Mr 
    Walker, 
    too 

    The times 
    are 
    changing 
    mighty 
    fast, 

    they'll 
    roll 
    right 
    over 
    you 

    But 
    someday 
    you'll 
    head 
    for 
    the south, 

    to the southern 
    tip 
    of 
    hell 

    And 
    it's 
    hot 
    down 
    there, 

    white-hot 
    down 
    down 
    there 

    Let's 
    hear 
    your 
    rebel 
    yell! 

    There 
    was 
    blood, 
    red 
    blood, 

    on 
    their 
    hand
    s, 

    Yellow 
    dirt 
    on 
    their 
    clothes 

    What 
    they 
    thought 
    they 
    were 
    do
    ing, 

    Only 
    god 
    and 
    the 
    devil 
    knows 

    There 
    was 
    hate, 
    cold 
    hate, 

    in 
    their 
    hearts, 

    Shot 
    from 
    their 
    souls 
    like 
    a 
    gun 

    And 
    as 
    they 
    threw 
    their 

    stones 
    and 
    bricks, 

    They 
    screamed, 

    "see 
    what 
    you 
    have 
    done!" 

    "See 
    what 
    you 
    have 
    done!" 

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