We Shall Not Be Moved chords by Barbara Dane
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Verse 1
(G major) Well, this is a song
that's been jumping around the country
since before the Civil War,
(D major) a long time.
It's been used in all kinds (C major) of struggles,
(D major) big ones and little ones,
(G major) and it's back on the (C major) scene again. (D major)
(G major) And it goes like this.
We shall not, (D major) we shall not be moved.
We shall not, (G major) we shall not be moved.
Just like (C major) a tree planted (G major) by the water.
(E minor) We shall (D major) not be (G major) moved.
Oh, you know the song, all right.
Back in 1938 in (C major) a textile strike (D major)
at a ho (G major) siery mill,
they (C major) used to sing it like this
(D major) in Tennessee.
We're (G major) not afraid of gun thugs.
(D major) We shall not be moved.
We're not afraid of gun thugs.
(G major) We shall not be moved.
Just like (C major) a tree that's
planted by the (G major) wa (E minor) ter,
we shall (D major) not be (G major) moved.
When I was a kid growing up (C major) in Detroit, (D major)
used (G major) to (C major) sing (D major) outside the shop gates
while the autoworkers were trying
to fight for pay raises
right after World War II,
and we used to sing,
The (G major) union is behind us,
(D major) we shall not be moved.
The union is behind us,
(G major) we shall not be moved.
Just like a (C major) tree that's
planted (G major) by the water,
(E minor) we (C major) shall (D major) not be (G major) moved.
Sometimes we say,
Henry Ford's a bastard,
(D major) he should be removed.
Henry Ford's a bastard,
(G major) he should be removed.
Just like the (C major) garbage planted in (G major) the alley,
(E minor) We shall (D major) not moved, (G major) we not moved.
Early in the (C major) 60s,
(D major) there was a black woman
by the name of Rosa Parks
who got tired of having to stand up
in the crowded back of the
bus all the time.
One day she said, that's it, that's all,
I've had it, I'm going to sit down.
And with that began the
famous Montgomery bus boycotts,
and they said,
we're (G major) walking for our freedom,
(D major) we shall not be moved,
we're walking for our freedom,
(G major) we shall not be moved,
just like a (C major) tree standing by the (G major) water,
(E minor) we shall (C major) (D major) not be (G major) moved.
(C major) I got a letter (D major) from a friend in Scotland,
he says there's a lake there
called the Holy Lock,
(G major) and they (C major) sing, (G major) we don't want Polaris,
(D major) we shall not be moved,
we don't want Polaris,
(G major) we shall not be moved, (C major) (G major) (E minor) (D major)
(G major)
I got a letter from a friend in (C major) Italy
who (D major) went down to the station
the day that our dearly beloved President
Richard Milhous Nixon
was (G major) go ing to stop (C major) off in (D major) Italy to
check things out.
Well, he checked them out,
and they checked him out.
He didn't leave the airport.
He just did a little speech
and got back on the plane and split,
because the people over
Remember they were saying basi (G major) nucleari,
(D major) rispondiamo no,
por gli americani, (G major) rispondiamo no,
e se lo (C major) gianchi un fucile
si (G major) dara. (E minor)
(C major) That means if the Yankees (D major) try to give us a gun,
we say no. (G major) (E minor) (C major) (D major)
(G major) Carne dal canone,
meat for the cannons,
we don't want to be that,
even for the Americans.
Carne dal canone, (D major) rispondiamo no!
Por le americane, (G major) rispondiamo no!
I si lo (C major) gianchi un fucile girata, (G major)
(E minor) (C major)
(D major) rispondiamo no! (G major)
Well, out in the (C major) southwest of the
(D major) United States these days,
(G major) a lot of people who (E minor) used to be ashamed of (C major) the fact that they grew
(D major) up in homes (G major) where only Spanish (E minor) was spoken,
suddenly getting togeth (C major) er,
(D major) not only fighting to organize
themselves
and have a union and get some rights,
(G major) but also fighting (C major) for the use (D major)
(G major) and the appreciation
(C major) of the Spanish language
(D major) and the Spanish (G major) culture.
(C major) So (D major) they sing the song like this.
They say, (G major) fuertes, fuertes.
(C major) Fuertes (D major) somos ya.
Strong, strong are we. (G major)
(C major) The (D major) rest of it means the same thing.
(G major) Fuertes, fuertes, (D major) fuertes somos ya.
Fuertes, fuertes, (G major) fuertes somos ya.
Como (C major) un arbol, viva Cerco (G major) al Rio.
(E minor) Fuer (C major) te (D major) somos ya.
(G major) Sometimes they say, viva Pancho Villa.
(D major) Fuerte somos ya, viva Pancho Villa.
(G major) Fuerte somos ya como un (C major) arbol.
Viva Cerco (G major) al Rio. (E minor)
Fuer (C major) te (D major) so mos ya. (G major)
Viva Che Guevara.
(D major) Fuerte somos ya.
Viva Che Guevara.
Fuer (G major) te somos ya como un (C major) árbol,
vivas el (G major) cuadrillo,
(E minor) fuer (C major) te (D major) so mos ya (G major)
And as you travel around the country these days,
(C major) you hear new verses (D major) everywhere
The kind of thing you hear is like,
(G major) free Huey Newton, (D major) we shall not be moved
Free Huey Newton, (G major) we shall not be moved
Just like (C major) a tree planted by the (G major) water (E minor)
We shall (D major) not be (G major) moved.
We are the conspiracy
and (D major) we shall not be moved.
We are the conspiracy
and (G major) we shall not be moved.
Just like (C major) a tree that's
planted by (G major) the water,
(E minor) We shall (D major) not be (G major) moved.
And your jail walls cannot hold us,
We (D major) shall not be moved.
And your jail walls cannot hold us,
(G major) We shall not be moved.
Just like (C major) a tree standing by (G major) the water,
(E minor) (C major) we shall (D major) not be (G major) moved.
You know why?
Because we are the people.
(D major) We shall not be moved.
We are the people.
(G major) We shall not be moved.
Just like (C major) a tree standing by (G major) the water,
(E minor) we (C major) (D major) shall not be (G major) moved.
You know what's happening?
We're coming on to victory.
(D major) We shall not be moved.
We're coming on to victory.
We (G major) shall not be moved,
just like (C major) a tree,
Landed (G major) by the water, (E minor)
We (C major) shall (D major) not be,
(G major) We shall (C major) not be moved. (G major)
We Shall Not Be Moved
Barbara Dane
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