Joan Baez – With God On Our Side (Guitar Live)

Capo 2 Video Lesson
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[Verse 1]
G                C  Bm
Oh my name it is nothin'

   D            G
My age it means less

        Em C D    G
And the country I come from

   C          G
Is called the Midwest

      Em     C   D       G
I was taught and brought up there

    C       G
The laws to abide

                         C    Bm
And that the land that I live in

    D          G
Has God on its side
[Verse 2]
                      C   Bm
Oh, the history books tell it

     D          G
They tell it so well

    Em C D    G
The cavalries charged

    C       G
The Indians fell

    Em C D    G
The cavalries charged

    C       G
The Indians died

                    C  Bm
Oh, the country was young

     D          G
With God on its side
[Verse 3]  
            C     Bm
The Spanish-American

D           G
War had its day

        Em C D    G
And the Civil War too

    C         G
Was soon laid away

        Em C D       G
And the names of the heroes

      C       G
I was made to memorize

                   C  Bm
With guns in their hands

    D            G
And God on their side
[Verse 4]  
                      C    Bm
Well, the First World War, boys

   D           G
It came and it went

        Em C D     G
And the reason for fighting

  C         G
I never did get

      Em C D      G
But I learned to accept it

    C              G
And accept it with pride

                        C Bm
For you don't count the dead

     D             G
When God's on your side
[Verse 5]  
                     C Bm
And the Second World War

   D          G
It came to an end

   Em C D      G
We forgave the Germans

    C               G
And called them our friends

            Em C D       G
Though they murdered six million

       C          G
In the ovens they fried

                    C Bm
Now the Germans now too

     D            G
Have God on their side
[Verse 6]  
                          C  Bm
Well I've learned to hate Russians

    D                G
All through my whole life

   Em C D      G
If another war comes

     C            G
It's them we must fight

   Em C D        G
To hate them and fear them

   C          G
To run and to hide

                  C   Bm
And accept it all bravely

     D         G
With God on my side
[Verse 7]  
                  C  Bm
But now we’ve got weapons

       D        G
Of the chemical dust

       Em C D          G
And if fire them we're forced to

     C            G
Then fire them we must

    Em C D      G
One push of the button

      C              G
And a shot the world wide

                  C   Bm
And you never ask questions

     D             G
When God's on your side
[Verse 8]  
              C Bm
For many dark hours

     D             G
I've thought about this

     Em C D G
That Jesus Christ

       C          G
Was betrayed by a kiss

      Em C D      G
But I can't think for you

       C       G
You'll have to decide

              C    Bm
Whether Judas Iscariot

    D          G
Had God on his side
[Verse 9]
               C   Bm
And now as I'm leavin'

    D        G
I'm weary as hell

    Em C D        G
The confusion I'm feelin'

      C             G
Ain't no tongue can tell

    Em C D        G
The words fill my head

     C           G
They fall to the floor

                 C  Bm
If God is on our side

      D             G
He'll stop the next war