Have You Been To Jail For Justice chords by Anne Feeney

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

    G+G      C majorC          G+G
Was it Cesar Chavez? Maybe it was Dorothy Day
C majorC           G+G
Some say Dr. King or Ghandi
C majorC         D MajorD
Set them on their way
   C majorC        G+G
No matter who your mentors are
   B7B7       E minorEm
It’s pretty plain to see
       A augmentedA
If you’ve been to jail for justice
      D MajorD
You’re in good company

    G+G    C majorC    G+G
Have you been to jail for justice?
C majorC          G+G
I want to shake your hand
 G+G       E minorEm
Sitting in and laying down
  A augmentedA        D MajorD
Are ways to take a stand
    G+G    C majorC      G+G
Have you sung a song for freedom
   B7B7        E minorEm
Or marched that picket line?
     G+G    C majorC    G+G
Have you been to jail for justice?
    D MajorD        G+G
Then you’re a friend of mine

    G+G
You law abiding citizens
C majorC        G+G
Listen to this song
G+G        E minorEm
Laws are made by people
    A augmentedA      D MajorD
And people can be wrong
   C majorC      G+G
Once unions were against the law
   B7B7     E minorEm
But slavery was fine
A augmentedA
Women were denied the vote
     D MajorD
While children worked the mine
    G+G   C majorC   G+G
The more you study history
    B7B7    E minorEm
The less you can deny it
   A augmentedA
A majorA rotten law stays on the books
  D MajorD
‘til folks with guts defy it!

    G+G    C majorC     G+G
Have you been to jail for justice?
C majorC          G+G
I want to shake your hand
 G+G       E minorEm
Sitting in and laying down
  A augmentedA        D MajorD
Are ways to take a stand
     G+G   C majorC      G+G
Have you sung a song for freedom
   B7B7        E minorEm
Or marched that picket line?
     G+G    C majorC    G+G
Have you been to jail for justice?
     D MajorD       G+G
Then you’re a friend of mine

     G+G
Well the law is supposed to serve us
  C majorC      G+G
And so are the police
 C majorC       G+G
When the system fails
     A augmentedA         D MajorD
It’s up to us to speak our piece
 C majorC       G+G
It takes eternal vigilance
   B7B7    E minorEm
For justice to prevail
      C.      G+G
So get courage from your convictions
       C majorC   D MajorD   G+G
Let ‘em haul you off to jail!

    G+G     C majorC      G+G
Have you been to jail for justice?
C majorC           G+G
I want to shake your hand
 G+G       E minorEm
Sitting in and laying down
  A augmentedA        D MajorD
Are ways to take a stand
    G+G    C majorC     G+G
Have you sung a song for freedom
   B7B7        E minorEm
Or marched that picket line?
     G+G    C majorC    G+G
Have you been to jail for justice?
   D MajorD         G+G
Then you’re a friend of mine
     G+G    C majorC     G+G
Have you been to jail for justice?
     G+G   C majorC     G+G
Will you go to jail for justice?
     G+G    C majorC     G+G
Have you been to jail for justice?
    D MajorD        G+G
Then you’re a friend of mine.