Have You Been To Jail For Justice chords by Anne Feeney
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
G C G
Was it Cesar Chavez? Maybe it was Dorothy Day
C G
Some say Dr. King or Ghandi
C D
Set them on their way
C G
No matter who your mentors are
B7 Em
It’s pretty plain to see
A
If you’ve been to jail for justice
D
You’re in good company
G C G
Have you been to jail for justice?
C G
I want to shake your hand
G Em
Sitting in and laying down
A D
Are ways to take a stand
G C G
Have you sung a song for freedom
B7 Em
Or marched that picket line?
G C G
Have you been to jail for justice?
D G
Then you’re a friend of mine
G
You law abiding citizens
C G
Listen to this song
G Em
Laws are made by people
A D
And people can be wrong
C G
Once unions were against the law
B7 Em
But slavery was fine
A
Women were denied the vote
D
While children worked the mine
G C G
The more you study history
B7 Em
The less you can deny it
A
A rotten law stays on the books
D
‘til folks with guts defy it!
G C G
Have you been to jail for justice?
C G
I want to shake your hand
G Em
Sitting in and laying down
A D
Are ways to take a stand
G C G
Have you sung a song for freedom
B7 Em
Or marched that picket line?
G C G
Have you been to jail for justice?
D G
Then you’re a friend of mine
G
Well the law is supposed to serve us
C G
And so are the police
C G
When the system fails
A D
It’s up to us to speak our piece
C G
It takes eternal vigilance
B7 Em
For justice to prevail
C. G
So get courage from your convictions
C D G
Let ‘em haul you off to jail!
G C G
Have you been to jail for justice?
C G
I want to shake your hand
G Em
Sitting in and laying down
A D
Are ways to take a stand
G C G
Have you sung a song for freedom
B7 Em
Or marched that picket line?
G C G
Have you been to jail for justice?
D G
Then you’re a friend of mine
G C G
Have you been to jail for justice?
G C G
Will you go to jail for justice?
G C G
Have you been to jail for justice?
D G
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