The Monrovians Vs The Klan - Chuck Brodsky Chords
Chords: C, F, G
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Genre: folk, political, protest
[Intro]
C F G C
[Verse 1]
C F
It was no place for a lady on a Sunday afternoon
G C
In 1925 on the 21st of June.
C F
It was a hundred two degrees and even hotter in the stands
G C
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan.
[Verse 2]
C F
No strangleholds, no razors, no horsewhips were allowed
G C
They put a couple extra policemen in the crowd.
C F
Other violent implements of argument were banned
G C
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan.
[Verse 3]
C F
The klan was not too popular in Kansas at the time
G C
They’d already been exposed for their racketeering crimes.
C F
In Wichita they didn’t seem to have a lot of fans
G C
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan.
[Verse 4]
C F
Only baseball would be on tap at Island Park that day
G C
Said the headline in the Beacon on the morning they would play.
C F
They were trying to head off trouble before the game began
G C
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan.
[Verse 5]
C F
The umps were Irish Catholic, they favored neither side
G C
Out there on the field the rules were evenly applied.
C F
It was a very good game of baseball said the newspaperman
G C
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan.
[Verse 6]
C F
It was a see-saw battle, a pitchers duel through four
G C
The Monrovians would break it open, ten to eight the score.
C F
And then drive off in jalopies, not those nice sedans
G C
The day the all black Monrovians beat the ku klux klan.
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