Chords for Which Side Are You On? (Civil Rights Version)
Tempo:
76.05 bpm
Chords used:
Abm
Dbm
B
Ab
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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And of course, you know on the march this could go on 10-15 minutes as long as I even heard a verse there
Come all you people worried about fat the day on route 80.
He'll take care of that
You know, that's a funny modification of a verse that I I think I wrote and now you start that verse off.
Yeah
some verses that I wrote for which side are you on and
Cordell and I sang this all over Mississippi and I asked the kid that I heard do that
Um, um one of the kids on the march, where do you where do you get that verse?
He said I don't know.
I heard it somewhere.
I don't know where it came from
Come all you bush while black men with all your excess fat a
Few days [B] in the county jail will sure get rid of that.
But won't you [Abm] tell me now?
[Dbm] [Abm]
[Dbm] Are you
Come all your freedom [Abm] fighters a story I will tell
Lock down in prison in [Dbm] a lonesome jail cell you better tell me now
[Abm]
Which [Dbm] side are you I want to hear you now
You really [Abm] better tell me
[Abm] Side are you come on all you uncle Tom's take that a hanky from your head
[B] Forget your fears [Abm] and shed a tear for the life of shame you've lived
And tell me
[B] [Dbm] [B] She's gonna come for mr.
Charlie
Santa to his of ass
For the colored folk we ain't got a chance
Whether we are denied everybody
[Dbm]
Oh
[Ab] [Dbm] You [B] need not [Dbm] join the picket line if you can't stand the blows
But join your dimes with [Abm] dollars or be counted with our foes.
You better tell me now
[Dbm]
[Abm] [Dbm] I
[Ab]
Your high [B]-tone college grads pronounce your final cheese
But don't forget your old grandma.
She's still scrubbing on her knees
[Abm]
[B]
I
[Ab] [Abm] [Dbm]
[Abm] [Dbm]
Heard that the Ku Klux Klan [B] just up and died the sheets and now they sing
[Abm] Every time they meet
[Ab] [Abm] [Db]
[B] [Abm]
[Db] I
[B]
Come all you people worried about fat the day on route 80.
He'll take care of that
You know, that's a funny modification of a verse that I I think I wrote and now you start that verse off.
Yeah
some verses that I wrote for which side are you on and
Cordell and I sang this all over Mississippi and I asked the kid that I heard do that
Um, um one of the kids on the march, where do you where do you get that verse?
He said I don't know.
I heard it somewhere.
I don't know where it came from
Come all you bush while black men with all your excess fat a
Few days [B] in the county jail will sure get rid of that.
But won't you [Abm] tell me now?
[Dbm] [Abm]
[Dbm] Are you
Come all your freedom [Abm] fighters a story I will tell
Lock down in prison in [Dbm] a lonesome jail cell you better tell me now
[Abm]
Which [Dbm] side are you I want to hear you now
You really [Abm] better tell me
[Abm] Side are you come on all you uncle Tom's take that a hanky from your head
[B] Forget your fears [Abm] and shed a tear for the life of shame you've lived
And tell me
[B] [Dbm] [B] She's gonna come for mr.
Charlie
Santa to his of ass
For the colored folk we ain't got a chance
Whether we are denied everybody
[Dbm]
Oh
[Ab] [Dbm] You [B] need not [Dbm] join the picket line if you can't stand the blows
But join your dimes with [Abm] dollars or be counted with our foes.
You better tell me now
[Dbm]
[Abm] [Dbm] I
[Ab]
Your high [B]-tone college grads pronounce your final cheese
But don't forget your old grandma.
She's still scrubbing on her knees
[Abm]
[B]
I
[Ab] [Abm] [Dbm]
[Abm] [Dbm]
Heard that the Ku Klux Klan [B] just up and died the sheets and now they sing
[Abm] Every time they meet
[Ab] [Abm] [Db]
[B] [Abm]
[Db] I
[B]
Key:
Abm
Dbm
B
Ab
Db
Abm
Dbm
B
And of course, you know on the march this could go on 10-15 minutes as long as I even heard a verse there
Come all you people worried about fat the day on route 80.
He'll take care of that
You know, that's a funny modification of a verse that I I think I wrote and now you start that verse off.
Yeah
some verses that I wrote for which side are you on and
Cordell and I sang this all over Mississippi and I asked the kid that I heard do that
Um, um one of the kids on the march, where do you where do you get that verse?
He said I don't know.
I heard it somewhere.
I don't know where it came from
Come all you bush while black men with all your excess fat a
Few days [B] in the county jail will sure get rid of that.
But won't you [Abm] tell me now? _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Dbm] Are you
_ Come all your freedom [Abm] fighters a story I will tell
_ Lock down in prison in [Dbm] a lonesome jail cell you better tell me now
_ _ [Abm]
Which [Dbm] side are you I want to hear you now
You really [Abm] better tell me
[Abm] Side are you come on all you uncle Tom's take that a hanky from your head
[B] Forget your fears [Abm] and shed a tear for the life of shame you've lived
And tell me _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [B] She's gonna come for mr.
Charlie
Santa to his of ass
For the colored folk we ain't got a chance
Whether we are denied everybody
[Dbm] _
_ Oh _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ You [B] need not [Dbm] join the picket line if you can't stand the blows
But join your dimes with [Abm] dollars or be counted with our foes.
You better tell me now
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [Dbm] I
_ [Ab]
Your high [B]-tone college grads pronounce your final cheese
But don't forget your old grandma.
She's still scrubbing on her knees
_ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ Heard that the Ku Klux Klan [B] just up and died the sheets and now they sing
[Abm] _ Every time they meet
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] I
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
Come all you people worried about fat the day on route 80.
He'll take care of that
You know, that's a funny modification of a verse that I I think I wrote and now you start that verse off.
Yeah
some verses that I wrote for which side are you on and
Cordell and I sang this all over Mississippi and I asked the kid that I heard do that
Um, um one of the kids on the march, where do you where do you get that verse?
He said I don't know.
I heard it somewhere.
I don't know where it came from
Come all you bush while black men with all your excess fat a
Few days [B] in the county jail will sure get rid of that.
But won't you [Abm] tell me now? _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Dbm] Are you
_ Come all your freedom [Abm] fighters a story I will tell
_ Lock down in prison in [Dbm] a lonesome jail cell you better tell me now
_ _ [Abm]
Which [Dbm] side are you I want to hear you now
You really [Abm] better tell me
[Abm] Side are you come on all you uncle Tom's take that a hanky from your head
[B] Forget your fears [Abm] and shed a tear for the life of shame you've lived
And tell me _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [B] She's gonna come for mr.
Charlie
Santa to his of ass
For the colored folk we ain't got a chance
Whether we are denied everybody
[Dbm] _
_ Oh _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ You [B] need not [Dbm] join the picket line if you can't stand the blows
But join your dimes with [Abm] dollars or be counted with our foes.
You better tell me now
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [Dbm] I
_ [Ab]
Your high [B]-tone college grads pronounce your final cheese
But don't forget your old grandma.
She's still scrubbing on her knees
_ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ Heard that the Ku Klux Klan [B] just up and died the sheets and now they sing
[Abm] _ Every time they meet
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] I
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _