Chords for Ani DiFranco covering Pete Seeger's "Which Side Are You On", Aspen, CO

_ [A] dude that is Pete Seeger working [E] his ass off on [A] his 90th birthday oh my god [E] I
hope none of us work that hard on any birthday let alone our 90th and yeah he
was you know it was [G] at Madison Square Garden [E] available for birthdays because
you _ _ know and um you know he's on stage and he's getting everybody singing
[E] together like he [G] does and then he's meeting and he's reading [Cm] and he's
walking and he's going to the fucking [Eb] press conference [Ab] answering stupid
[E] questions _ and [A] blowing people's mind I [E] I saw him at the press conference and
first [A] question dude was like [B] mr.
Seeger you've accomplished so many things you
were working [Bbm] and _ [Eb] _
[Gb] what are you most proud of _ [E] _ _
and he said [B] I stayed [Bb] married to the
most wonderful [E] woman I ever met we had four kids and six grandkids [F] and the
whole room was like _ _ _ [E] _
_ anyway _ _ _ _ so yeah it was a great great party and I got my
folk [N] singer assignments before _ hand because we were all playing songs that
Pete had either written or you know put to work out there in the world and one
of my jobs that night was to sing there's a hole in the bucket with Chris
Christopherson _ that was good times _ _
_ _ _ he's still fucking [Bb] sexy as fuck at [E] 72 _ _ and _ what else oh yeah and then me and
Bruce Coburn played this song it's an old Union song from the labor struggle
in this country it's called which side are you on you probably recognize it
[E] although I messed with the verses a little bit [G] little bit you may notice
they're not really 1930s but the original verses kind of echo echo in
these new ones and the chorus [F] is the same and if you feel [B] like singing that
would be awesome [Ab] I would love that
[E] _ _ _ _
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_ _ they stole a few elections still we people want to vote without corruption
big corporate red and blue shots we look forward and do more in a new direction
and we ain't gonna stop now until the job is done _ _ _ _ _
_ _ come on all good workers this year is our time now there's folks in Washington
that care what's on our minds come on come on voters let's all vote next time
which side are you on now?
which side are you on?
which side are you on now?
which side are you on?
which side are you on now?
which side are you on?
which side are you on?
which side are you on now?
which side are you on now?
which side are you [D] on?
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ they said oh no wait a minute
I _ know I know
30 years of digging
got us in this hole
curse of Reaganomics
has finally taken its toll
Lord knows the free market
is anything but free
it cost fear into the planet
and the likes of you and me
I don't need no money lenders
sucking on our tech
not a bit of socialism
don't scare me one bit
I whole lot [B] work
[E] you're a barchetta
oh mr.President
come on congress make the law
which side are you on?
which side are you on?
which side are you on?
which side are you on?
_ _ _ [D] now
[E] which side are you on
which side are you on now?
which side are you on?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
they say in ports and tariffs
There are no new tools there.
There's just too much misery.
Too much despair.
America, who are we now?
Innocence is gone.
Forgive us, Mother Africa.
Kids start dying young.
Too many stories written.
It's loud and black and white.
Come on, people of privilege.
It's time to go in sight.
How we live in the shadow of slavery.
Right, we moving on.
Tell me, which side are you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ on now?
My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ mother _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ was a feminist.
She taught me to see.
Wrote through this page with patriarchy.
So let the way of women guide democracy.
From plunder and pollution, let love earth be free.
Feminism ain't about women, but that's not who it was for.
It's about a shift in consciousness that will bring an end to war.
So listen up, you [D] fathers.
[E] Listen up, you sons.
What side are you on, Lord?
What side are you on?
What side are you [D] on now?
[E] What side are you on?
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Are _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ we just consumers or are we citizens?
Are we gonna keep making garbage or are [B] we gonna make amends?
Are you part of the solution or are you part of the con?
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