With God On Our Side Chords by Odetta

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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Oh my name it means nothing, _ [Cm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] my [Eb] age it means less. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] The [Gm] country [G] I _ come from _ _ is [Cm] _ called [Eb] the Midwest.
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] I was brought up [G] and _ _ taught there _ the [Cm] _ laws [Eb] to abide.
_ [Cm] And _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm]
the land that [Ab] I _ [Eb] live in [G] _ _ _ [Bb] has God on [Eb] its side. _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] Oh the [Eb] history books _ [Cm] tell it, _ _ _ _ [Bb] they [Eb] tell it so well.
[Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] The _ [G]
Calvary's charged, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] the _ [Eb] Indians fell.
[Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ The _
_ [G] Calvary's charged, _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] the _ [Eb] Indians _ [Cm] died.
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Oh the country [Ab] was _ [Eb] young with _ [G] _ _ [Bb] God on [Eb] its side.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Oh the First World War _ boys, _ _ [Bb] it _ closed at [Eb] its base.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ The reason [G] for _ fighting _ _ _ _ [Cm] I never [Eb] got straight. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] But I learned to [G] _ _ accept it, _ _ _ [Cm] accept it with [Eb] pride.
[Cm] _ For [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] you don't count [Ab] the _ [Eb] dead [G] when _ _ [Bb] _ _ God's [Eb] on your side. _ _ _ _
When the Second World _ [Cm] War _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ came to [Eb] an end, _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Gm] we _ [G] forgave the _ Germans.
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And we [Eb] were _ [Cm] friends, _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] though they killed [G] six _ _ _ million. _ _ _
[Cm] In the [C] ovens [Eb] they fried, [Cm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] the Germans [Ab] now to [Eb] _ _ _ [G]
have _ [Bb] God on [Eb] their side.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] But now [Eb] we got _ _ weapons _ of _ [Bb] the [Eb] chemical _ dust.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
If [Cm] fire them [G] we're _ forced to, _ _ [Cm] then fire [Eb] them we must.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] One push [G] of a _ _ button _ _ and [Cm] a shot the [Eb] world awry.
[Cm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Cm] And you never _ [Ab]
ask [Eb] questions _ _ [G] _ _
[Bb] when God's [Eb] on your _ [Cm] side.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] Oh my name it [Eb] means [Cm] nothing, _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] my age [Eb] it means less.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] The country [G] I _ _ come _ from [Cm] is [D] called the [Eb] Midwest.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ I [Cm] was brought up [G] and _ taught _ _ there [Cm] are laws [Eb] to abide.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] And the land that [Ab] I _ [Eb] live in _ [G] _ _ [Bb] has God [Eb] on its side. _ _ _
_ And [Cm] the land that I _ _ live in [G] _ _ [Bb] has God on [Eb] its _ [Cm] side. _
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