I Had No Right chords by Dar Williams
Verse 1
C
God of the poor man this
is how the day began
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Eight co defendants, I,
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D
Daniel Berrigan
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Oh and only a layman's
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Dm
batch of napalm
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We pulled the draft files out
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C
We burned them in the parking lot
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Better the files than the
F
bodies of children
Verse 2
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Dm
G
C
I had no right but for the love of you
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Dm
I had no right but for the love of you
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Verse 3
C
Many roads led here,
walked with the suffering
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Dm
Tom in Guatemala, Phillip in New Orleans
D
Dm
Bb
Oh it's a long road
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Dm
from law to justice
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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
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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
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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
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Dm
G
C
F
The love of you
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The love of you
G
Verse 8
C
God of the just I'll never
win a peace prize
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Falling like Jesus
Em
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Now let the jury rise
D
Dm
Bb
Oh it's all of us versus
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Dm
all that paper
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They took the only way they
Gm
C
know who is on trial today
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F
Am
Deliver us unto each other, I pray
Verse 9
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I had no right but for
Dm
G
C
the love of you
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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
I Had No Right
Dar Williams
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