with god on our side chords by Odetta

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Oh my name
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it ain't nothin'
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My age it means 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
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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 cavalries 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

Verse 3
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The Spanish- American
War had its day
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And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
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I’s made to memorize
With guns in their hands

Verse 4
And God on their side
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The First World War boys
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It came and it went
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The reason for fightin'
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I never did get
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But I learned to accept it
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Accept it with pride
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For you don’t count the dead
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When God’s on
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your side
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Verse 5
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The Second World War
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Came to an en d
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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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The Germans now too
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Have God
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on their side
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Verse 6
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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
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your side
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Verse 7
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Oh my name it ain't
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nothin'
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My age it means 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
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And that the land that
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I live in
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Has God on its side