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My Name Is Liza Kalvelage chords by
Pete Seeger
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
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My name is Lisa Kalvelage, I
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was born in Nuremberg
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And when the trials were held
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there nineteen years ago

It seemed to me ridiculous to
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hold a nation all to blame
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For the horrors that the world did undergo
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A short while later when I
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applied to be a G. I. bride
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An American consular
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official questioned me
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He refused my exit permit,
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said my answers did not show
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I'd learned my lesson about responsibility.
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Verse 2
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Thus suddenly I was forced to
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start thinking on this theme
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And when later I was permitted to emigrate
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I must have been asked a hundred
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times where I was and what I did
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In those years when Hitler ruled our state
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I said I was a child or at most a teen-ager
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But But that only extended the questioning
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They'd ask, where were my parents,
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my father, my mother
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And to this I could answer

not a thing.
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Verse 3


The seed planted there at
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Nuremberg in 1947
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Started to sprout and to grow

Gradually I understood what that
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verdict meant to me
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When there are crimes that I
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can see and I can know
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And now I also know what it is to
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be charged with mass guilt
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Once in a lifetime is enough for me
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No, I could not take it for a second time
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And that is why I am here today.
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Verse 4


The events of May 25th, the
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day of our protest,
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Put a small balance weight
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on the other side

Hopefully,
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someday my contribution to peace
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Will help just a bit to turn the tide
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And perhaps I can tell my children six
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And later on their own children
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That at least in the future they

need not be silent
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When they are asked,

"Where was your mother, when?"
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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

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Capo: 3

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of My Name Is Liza Kalvelage by Pete Seeger is F major.

The primary chords used in My Name Is Liza Kalvelage are F, C, Bb.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like F, C, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of My Name Is Liza Kalvelage is approximately 133 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of My Name Is Liza Kalvelage using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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