I Had No Right chords by Dar Williams
Verse 1
C
God of the poor man this
is how the day began
G
Eight co defendants, I,
Dm
D
Daniel Berrigan
Dm
Bb
Oh and only a layman's
F
Dm
batch of napalm
Bb
We pulled the draft files out
Gm
C
We burned them in the parking lot
Bb
Better the files than the
F
bodies of children
Verse 2
Am
F
Dm
G
C
I had no right but for the love of you
F
Dm
I had no right but for the love of you
G
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Verse 3
C
Many roads led here,
walked with the suffering
G
Dm
Tom in Guatemala, Phillip in New Orleans
D
Dm
Bb
Oh it's a long road
F
Dm
from law to justice
Bb
Gm
I went to Vietnam, I went for peace
C
They dropped their bombs
Bb
Right where my government
F
Am
knew I would be
Verse 4
F
Dm
G
C
I had no right but for the love of you
F
Dm
I had no right but for the love of you
G
Verse 5
Dm
Bb
And all my country saw
Dm
Bb
Were priests who broke the law
Verse 6
C
First it was question, then it was a mission
G
How to be American,
Dm
how to be a Christian
D
Dm
Bb
Oh if their law is their cross and
F
Am
the cross is burning
Verse 7
F
Dm
G
C
F
The love of you
Dm
The love of you
G
Verse 8
C
God of the just I'll never
win a peace prize
G
Falling like Jesus
Em
Dm
Now let the jury rise
D
Dm
Bb
Oh it's all of us versus
F
Dm
all that paper
Bb
They took the only way they
Gm
C
know who is on trial today
Bb
F
Am
Deliver us unto each other, I pray
Verse 9
F
I had no right but for
Dm
G
C
the love of you
F
And every trial I stood,
Dm
I stood for you
G
Verse 10
C
Eyes on the trial
Eight a.m. arrival
Hands on the Bible
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