Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Oh my name it ain't no thin'
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My age it is less
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The country I come from
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Is called the Midwest
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I’s taught and brought up there
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The laws to abide
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And that the land that I live in
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Has God on its side
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Oh the history books tell it
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They tell it so well
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The caval ries charged
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The Indians fell
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The cavalries charged
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The Indians died
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Ah the country was young
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With God on its side
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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The Spanish-American
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War had its day
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And the Civil War too
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Was soon laid away
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And the names of the heroes
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I’s made to memorize
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With guns in their hands
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And God on their side
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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The First World War boys
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Closed out its fate
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The reason for fightin'
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I never got straight
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But I learned to ac cept it
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Accept it with pride
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When God’s on your side
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
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The Second World War
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It came to an end
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We forgave the Germans
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And then we were friends
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Though they murdered six million
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In the ovens they fried
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Have God on their side
Interlude 5
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Verse 6
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I’ve learned to hate the Russians
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All through my whole life
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If another war comes
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It’s them we must fight
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To hate them and fear them
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To run and to hide
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And accept it all bravely
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With God on my side
Interlude 6
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Verse 7
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But now we got weapons
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Of chemical dust
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If fire them we’re forced to
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Then fire them we must
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One push of the button
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And a shot the world wide
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And ya' never ask questions
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When God’s on your side
Interlude 7
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Verse 8
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Through many dark hour
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I been thinking about this
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That Je sus Christ
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Was betrayed by a kiss
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But I can’t think for ya'
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You’ll have to decide
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Whether Judas Iscariot
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Had God on his side
Interlude 8
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Verse 9
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So now as I’m leavin'
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I’m weary as Hell
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The confu sion I’m feelin'
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Ain't no tongue can tell
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The words fill my head
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And they fall to the floor
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If God is on our side
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He’ll stop the next war
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