We Had To Move chords by 
Eric Bibb 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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Had to move from our home
From our home in Ellenton
From our own family home,
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had to move
Verse 2
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Government claimed dominion
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Didn't ask nobody's opinion,
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we had to move
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E'rybody had to pack an' go
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'Cause the government said so,
we had to move
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Verse 3
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When the rumors turned to fact
Then the whole town had to pack
All the white folks an' the black
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had to move
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When the gov ernment claimed
Verse 4
the land
Every woman,
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child an' man had to move
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Everybody had to pack an' go
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'Cause the govern ment said so,
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we had to move
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Verse 5
Some big shot politicians
Made them big cigar decisions
Didn't need our permission,
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had to move
Verse 6
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Buildin' bomb factories
Stretchin' 'cross the three counties,
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had to move
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Every body had to pack an' go
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'Cause the govern ment said so,
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we had to move
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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All the churches had to move
All the graveyards too
Verse 8
All the stores an' the schools had to move
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All the shed s an' the tools
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All the cows an' the mules had to moved
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Every body had to pack an' go
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'Cause the government said so,
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we had to move
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Verse 9
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Myers Mills, Hawthorne,
Dunbarton, all gone
While the ol' folks prayed on,
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had to move
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And nothin'
Verse 10
we could do
When the government came
rollin' through
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We had to move
Verse 11
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Every body had to pack an' go
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'Cause the government
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Em
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said so
We had to move
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