Intro
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[Verses]
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The war had finally ended
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america had changed
Bm
it had beaten back the nazis
G
but the jim crow laws remain
D
and there was talk of staging marches
A
there was talk bout civil rights
Bm
and there was talk about a negro playing
G
baseball with the whites
D
well he walked into the clubhouse
A
and the card players quit playing
Bm
and everybody stop in the middle
G
of whatever they were saying
D
and it was just like when the sheriff
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walks into the salon
Bm
and he says my name is Eddie
G
as he looks around the room
D
this mans here to play baseball
A
the manager said to the team
Bm
we're all gonna have to live with this
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aah that's not what i mean, you know what i mean
and they all did
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it went without saying
Bm
and the card players looked at their hand
G
and went on with their playing
D
well they ran him off the field
A
before a game in Birmingham one night
Bm
they made him sit up in the grand stand
G
in the section marked for whites
D
in his Cleveland buck-eyes uniform
A
it was a new twist on the law
Bm
the marshals kept their eye on him
G
and the hecklers ate him raw
D A
Eddie Klepp should have run the bases in reverse
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a white man in the negro league well that had to be a first
D
he could not ride the same buses
A
stay in the same motels
Bm
and he could not eat in the same restaurants
G
he could't have mixed clientele
D
D
so while Jackie played for Brooklyn
A
and wore the dodger blue
Bm
Eddie crossed the color line
G
the one without a cue
D
a white man in the negro leagues
A
he might as well have been a Jew
Bm
and now you mention the name of Eddie Klepp
G
most everyone says who?
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