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