Joan Baez – With God On Our Side (Guitar)

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Oh my name it is nothin'

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My age it means less

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And the country I come from

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Is called the Midwest

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I was taught and brought up there

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The laws to abide

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And that the land that I live in

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Had God on its side.

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Oh the history books tell it

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They tell it so well

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The cavalries charged

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The Indians fell

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The cavalries charged

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The Indians died

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Oh the country was young

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With God on its side.

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Well the Spanish-American

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War had its day

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And the Civil War too

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Was soon laid away

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And the names of the heroes

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I was made to memorize

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With guns in their hands

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And God on their side.

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Well the First World War, boys

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It came and it went

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And the reason for fighting

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I never did get

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But I learned to accept it

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And accept it with pride

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For you don't count the dead

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When God's on your side.

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And Second World War

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It came to an end

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We forgave the Germans

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And called them our friends

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Though they murdered six million

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In the ovens they fried

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So the Germans now too

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Have God on their side.

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Now I've learned to hate Russians

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All through my whole life

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If another war starts

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It's them we must fight

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To hate them and fear them

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To run and to hide

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And accept it all bravely

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With God on my side.

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And now we've got weapons

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Of the chemical dust

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And if fire them we're forced to

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Then fire them we must

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One push of the button

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And it's shot the world wide

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And you never ask questions

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When God's on your side.

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For many dark hours

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I thought about this

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That Jesus Christ

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Was betrayed by a kiss

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But I can't do it for you

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You'll have to decide

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Whether Judas Iscariot

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Had God on his side.

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And now as I'm leavin'

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I'm weary as Hell

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The confusion I'm feelin'

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Ain't no tongue can tell

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The words fill my head

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They fall to the floor

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If God is on our side

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He'll stop the next war.