Biography:
Chuck Brodsky (born May 20, 1960) is an American musician particularly known for his often humorous and political lyrics, and for his songs about baseball, such as "The Ballad of Eddie Klepp" and "Moe Berg: The Song".
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Based on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQx7aRzSuik
the D might be something else or some variation not 100% sure but this is passable
Capo 5
[intro]
G D Em C
[Verses]
G
The war had finally ended
D
america had changed
Em
it had beaten back the nazis
C
but the jim crow laws remain
G
and there was talk of staging marches
D
there was talk bout civil rights
Em
and there was talk about a negro playing
C
baseball with the whites
G
well he walked into the clubhouse
D
and the card players quit playing
Em
and everybody stop in the middle
C
of whatever they were saying
G
and it was just like when the sheriff
D
walks into the salon
Em
and he says my name is Eddie
C
as he looks around the room
G
this mans here to play baseball
D
the manager said to the team
Em
we're all gonna have to live with this
C G
aah that's not what i mean, you know what i mean
and they all did
D
it went without saying
Em
and the card players looked at their hand
C
and went on with their playing
G
well they ran him off the field
D
before a game in Birmingham one night
Em
they made him sit up in the grand stand
C
in the section marked for whites
G
in his Cleveland buck-eyes uniform
D
it was a new twist on the law
Em
the marshals kept their eye on him
C
and the hecklers ate him raw
G D
Eddie Klepp should have run the bases in reverse
Em C
a white man in the negro league well that had to be a first
G
he could not ride the same buses
D
stay in the same motels
Em
and he could not eat in the same restaurants
C
he could't have mixed clientele
G
G
so while Jackie played for Brooklyn
D
and wore the dodger blue
Em
Eddie crossed the color line
C
the one without a cue
G
a white man in the negro leagues
D
he might as well have been a Jew
Em
and now you mention the name of Eddie Klepp
C
most everyone says who?
the D might be something else or some variation not 100% sure but this is passable
Capo 5
[intro]
G D Em C
[Verses]
G
The war had finally ended
D
america had changed
Em
it had beaten back the nazis
C
but the jim crow laws remain
G
and there was talk of staging marches
D
there was talk bout civil rights
Em
and there was talk about a negro playing
C
baseball with the whites
G
well he walked into the clubhouse
D
and the card players quit playing
Em
and everybody stop in the middle
C
of whatever they were saying
G
and it was just like when the sheriff
D
walks into the salon
Em
and he says my name is Eddie
C
as he looks around the room
G
this mans here to play baseball
D
the manager said to the team
Em
we're all gonna have to live with this
C G
aah that's not what i mean, you know what i mean
and they all did
D
it went without saying
Em
and the card players looked at their hand
C
and went on with their playing
G
well they ran him off the field
D
before a game in Birmingham one night
Em
they made him sit up in the grand stand
C
in the section marked for whites
G
in his Cleveland buck-eyes uniform
D
it was a new twist on the law
Em
the marshals kept their eye on him
C
and the hecklers ate him raw
G D
Eddie Klepp should have run the bases in reverse
Em C
a white man in the negro league well that had to be a first
G
he could not ride the same buses
D
stay in the same motels
Em
and he could not eat in the same restaurants
C
he could't have mixed clientele
G
G
so while Jackie played for Brooklyn
D
and wore the dodger blue
Em
Eddie crossed the color line
C
the one without a cue
G
a white man in the negro leagues
D
he might as well have been a Jew
Em
and now you mention the name of Eddie Klepp
C
most everyone says who?
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