Goodman Schwerner And Chaney

Tom Paxton

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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: E|--0-3-2-0----- | | repeated once or twice. The night air is heavy no cool breezes blow The sounds of the voices are worried and low Desperately wondering and desperate to know About Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney Calm desperation and flickering hope Reality grapples like a hand on the throat For you live in the shadow of ten feet of rope If you’re Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney The Pearl River was dragged and two bodies were found But it was a blind alley for both men were brown So they all shrugged their shoulders and the search it went on For Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney Pull out the dead bodies from the ooze of the dam Take the bodies to Jackson all accordin’ to plan With the one broken body do the best that you can It’s the body of young James Chaney The nation was outraged and shocked through and through Call J. Edgar Hoover he’ll know what to do For they’ve murdered two white men and a colored boy too Goodman and Schwerner and Chaney James Chaney your body exploded in pain And the beating they gave you is pounding my brain And they murdered much more with their dark bloody chains And the body of pity lies bleeding The pot-bellied coppers shook hands all around And joked with the rednecks who came into town And they swore that the murderers soon would be found And they laughed as they spat their tobacco!

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La chanson évoque la disparition tragique de trois hommes engagés dans la lutte pour les droits civiques, mettant en lumière l’atmosphère lourde et inquiétante qui régnait à cette époque. Au fil des vers, elle décrit la peur et l'angoisse de leurs proches, ainsi que l'indifférence des autorités face à leur sort. La découverte des corps et l’inaction des policiers soulignent l’inégalité raciale et les injustices dont étaient victimes ceux qui osaient s'opposer à la violence. Ce morceau s’inscrit dans le contexte des tensions raciales aux États-Unis dans les années 1960, une période marquée par la violence et les luttes pour les droits civiques. Les événements tragiques liés à ces hommes ont profondément choqué la nation, révélant les sombres réalités de la discrimination et de l'impunité dans la société américaine de cette époque.

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