Here's to the State of Mississippi
Here's to the State of Mississippi

Here's to the State of Mississippi chords by Phil Ochs

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  • Verse 1
    Here's 

    to the state 
    of 
    Mis
    sissippi, 

    For 
    Underheath her 
    borders, 

    the 
    dev
    il 
    draws 
    no 
    lines, 

    If 
    you drag 
    her 
    muddy 
    river, 

    nameless 
    bod
    ies 
    you 
    will 
    find. 

    whoa 
    the 
    fat 
    trees 
    of 
    the 
    forest 

    have 
    hid 
    a thousand 
    crimes, 

    the 
    calender 
    is 
    ly
    in' 
    when 

    it reads 
    the present 
    time. 

    Whoa 
    here's 
    to 
    the land 
    you've 

    torn 
    out 
    the 
    heart 
    of, 

    Mississippi 
    find 
    your
    self 

    another 
    country 
    to 
    be part 
    of! 

    Verse 2
    And 
    here's 
    to 
    the people 

    of Mis
    sis
    sippi 

    Who 
    say 
    the folks 
    up 
    north, 

    they 
    just 
    don't 
    understand 

    And 
    they 
    tremble 
    in their 
    shadows 
    at 

    the 
    thun
    der 
    of 
    the Klan 

    The sweating 
    of 
    their 
    souls 
    can't 
    wash 

    the 
    blood 
    from 
    off 
    their 
    hands 

    They 
    smile 
    and shrug 
    their 
    shoulders 

    at 
    the 
    murder 
    of 
    man 

    Oh, 
    here's 
    to 
    the land 
    you've 

    torn 
    out 
    the 
    heart 
    of 

    Mississippi 
    find 
    your
    self 

    another 
    country 
    to 
    be part 
    of 

    Verse 3
    And 
    here's 
    to 
    the schools 

    of 
    Mis
    sissippi 

    Where 
    they're 
    teaching 
    all 
    the 
    children 

    that 
    they 
    don't 
    have 
    to care 

    All 
    the 
    rudiments 
    of hatred 
    are 

    present 
    everywhere 

    And every 
    single 
    classroom 
    is 

    a fact
    ory 
    of 
    despair 

    There's 
    nobody 
    learn
    ing 
    such 

    foreign 
    word 
    as 
    fair 

    Oh, 
    here's 
    to 
    the land 
    you've 

    torn 
    out 
    the 
    heart 
    of 

    Mississippi 
    find 
    your
    self 

    another 
    country 
    to 
    be part 
    of 

    Verse 4

    And 
    here's 
    to the cops 

    of 
    Mis
    sissippi 

    They're 
    chewing 
    their 
    tobacco 

    as 
    they 
    lock 
    the 
    prison 
    door 

    Their 
    bel
    lies 
    bounce 
    inside 
    them 

    when 
    they knock 
    you 
    to 
    the 
    floor 

    No 
    they 
    don't 
    like 
    taking 
    prisoners 

    in 
    their 
    private 
    little 
    war 

    Be
    hind 
    their 
    broken 
    badges 

    there 
    are 
    murderers 
    an
    more 

    Oh, 
    here's 
    to 
    the land 
    you've 

    torn 
    out 
    the 
    heart 
    of 

    Mississippi 
    find 
    your
    self 

    another 
    country 
    to 
    be part 
    of 

    Verse 5

    And, 
    here's 
    to 
    the judges 
    of 
    Mis
    sissippi 

    Who 
    wear 
    the robe 
    of honor 
    as 

    they 
    crawl 
    into 
    the court 

    They're 
    guarding 
    all 
    the 
    bastions 

    of their 
    phony 
    legal 
    fort 

    Oh, 
    justice 
    is 
    a stranger 
    when 

    the 
    prisoners 
    report 

    When 
    the black 
    man 
    stands 
    ac
    cused 

    the tri
    al 
    is 
    al
    ways 
    short 

    Oh, 
    here's 
    to 
    the land 
    you've 

    torn 
    out 
    the 
    heart 
    of 

    Mississippi 
    find 
    your
    self 

    another 
    country 
    to 
    be part 
    of 

    Verse 6

    And 
    here's 
    to the 
    government 

    of 
    Mis
    sissippi 

    In 
    the 
    swamp 
    of 
    their bureaucracy 

    they're 
    al
    ways 
    bogging 
    down 

    And 
    criminals 
    are 
    posing 
    as 
    the 

    mayors 
    of 
    the towns 

    And they 
    hope 
    that 
    no one 
    sees 
    the sights 

    and no 
    one 
    hears 
    the sounds 

    And 
    the speeches 
    of 
    the gov
    ernor 

    are 
    the 
    ravings 
    of 
    clown 

    Oh, 
    here's 
    to 
    the land 
    you've 

    torn 
    out 
    the 
    heart 
    of 

    Mississippi 
    find 
    your
    self 

    another 
    country 
    to 
    be part 
    of 

    Verse 7
    And 
    here's 
    to 
    the laws 
    of 
    Mis
    sissippi 

    Con
    gressmen 
    will 
    gather 

    in a 
    cir
    cus 
    of 
    delay 

    While 
    the Con
    stitution 
    is drowning 

    in an 
    ocean 
    of 
    decay 

    Un
    wed 
    mothers 
    should 
    be 
    sterilized, 

    I've 
    even 
    heard 
    them 
    say 

    Yes, 
    cor
    ruption 
    can 
    be clas

    sic 
    in 
    the 
    Mississip
    pi way 

    Oh, 
    here's 
    to 
    the land 
    you've 

    torn 
    out 
    the 
    heart 
    of 

    Mississippi 
    find 
    your
    self 

    another 
    country 
    to 
    be part 
    of 

    Verse 8

    And 
    here's 
    to 
    the churches 

    of 
    Mississippi 

    Where 
    the cross, 
    once 
    made 
    of silver, 

    now 
    is 
    caked 
    with 
    rust 

    An
    d the 
    Sunday 
    morning 
    sermons 

    pander 
    to their 
    lust 

    The fallen 
    face 
    of 
    Jesus 
    is 

    choking 
    in 
    the dust 

    Heaven 
    only 
    knows 
    in which 

    God 
    they 
    can 
    trust 

    Oh, 
    here's 
    to 
    the land 
    you've 

    torn 
    out 
    the 
    heart 
    of 

    Mississippi 
    find 
    your
    self 

    another 
    country 
    to 
    be 
    part 
    of 

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