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?