Biography:
Tom Paxton (born Thomas Richard Paxton on October 31, 1937) is an American singer and writer of folk music whose songs have had enduring appeal (and include modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind") known for a cynical, often political edge. In 2009, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Paxton was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest child of Burton and Esther Paxton. The Paxton family moved to Bristow, Oklahoma in 1948, where Tom grew to adulthood and which he still considers home.
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- You Can Eat Dog Food
- Born On The Fourth Of July
- Bottle Of Wine
- Buy A Gun For Your Son
- Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound
- Crazy John
- Did You Hear John Hurt
- George W Told The Nation
- Getting Up Early
- Going To The Zoo
- Goodman Schwerner And Chaney
- Hold On To
- I Dont Want A Bunny Wunny
- I Give You The Morning
- Im The Man That Built The Bridges
- In Florida
- It Aint Easy
- Jimmy Newman
- Johhny Got A Gun
- Johnny Got A Gun
- Last Thing On My Mind
- Leaving London
- Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation
- Marvellous Toy
- Marvelous Toy
- My Ladys A Wild Flying Dove
- My Son John
- Ramblin Boy
- Susie Most Of All
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- The Party
- The Willing Conscript
- This World Goes Round And Round
- Wasnt That A Party
- When Annie Took Me Home
- When You Shook Your Long Hair Down
- Yuppies In The Sky
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"Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney" from the album "Ain't That News!"
Music and lyrics by Tom Paxton
After each verse, you may pluck out a bit of the bass line. At that point, it looks like:
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repeated once or twice.
Em G D Em
The night air is heavy, no cool breezes blow
Em G B
The sounds of the voices are worried and low
Em G A
Desperately wondering and desperate to know
Em D Em
About Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney
Em G D Em
Calm desperation and flickering hope
Em G B
Reality grapples like a hand on the throat
Em G A
For you live in the shadow of ten feet of rope
Em D Em
If you're Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney
Em G D Em
The Pearl River was dragged and two bodies were found
Em G B
But it was a blind alley for both men were brown
Em G A
So they all shrugged their shoulders and the search it went on
Em D Em
For Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney
Em G D Em
Pull out the dead bodies from the ooze of the dam
Em G B
Take the bodies to Jackson all accordin' to plan
Em G A
With the one broken body do the best that you can
Em D Em
It's the body of young James Chaney
Em G D Em
The nation was outraged and shocked through and through
Em G B
Call J. Edgar Hoover, he'll know what to do
Em G A
For they've murdered two white men, and a colored boy too
Em D Em
Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney
Em G D Em
James Chaney your body exploded in pain
Em G B
And the beating they gave you is pounding my brain
Em G A
And they murdered much more with their dark bloody chains
Em D Em
And the body of pity lies bleeding
Em G D Em
The pot-bellied coppers shook hands all around
Em G B
And joked with the rednecks who came into town
Em G A Em
And they swore that the murderers soon would be found
Em D Em
And they laughed as they spat their tobacco!
Music and lyrics by Tom Paxton
After each verse, you may pluck out a bit of the bass line. At that point, it looks like:
E|--0-3-2-0-----
| |
repeated once or twice.
Em G D Em
The night air is heavy, no cool breezes blow
Em G B
The sounds of the voices are worried and low
Em G A
Desperately wondering and desperate to know
Em D Em
About Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney
Em G D Em
Calm desperation and flickering hope
Em G B
Reality grapples like a hand on the throat
Em G A
For you live in the shadow of ten feet of rope
Em D Em
If you're Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney
Em G D Em
The Pearl River was dragged and two bodies were found
Em G B
But it was a blind alley for both men were brown
Em G A
So they all shrugged their shoulders and the search it went on
Em D Em
For Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney
Em G D Em
Pull out the dead bodies from the ooze of the dam
Em G B
Take the bodies to Jackson all accordin' to plan
Em G A
With the one broken body do the best that you can
Em D Em
It's the body of young James Chaney
Em G D Em
The nation was outraged and shocked through and through
Em G B
Call J. Edgar Hoover, he'll know what to do
Em G A
For they've murdered two white men, and a colored boy too
Em D Em
Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney
Em G D Em
James Chaney your body exploded in pain
Em G B
And the beating they gave you is pounding my brain
Em G A
And they murdered much more with their dark bloody chains
Em D Em
And the body of pity lies bleeding
Em G D Em
The pot-bellied coppers shook hands all around
Em G B
And joked with the rednecks who came into town
Em G A Em
And they swore that the murderers soon would be found
Em D Em
And they laughed as they spat their tobacco!
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