With God On Our Side chords by Joan Baez

Chords with lyrics

Joan Baez has recorded this in varying keys, most of them lower than this, such as in Bb.

The (E minorEm FF G+G) sections in the fifth line of every verse can be optional.
If you prefer not to use those, simply use the same chords as the third lines (G+G and C majorC).
You may also use the fifth line chords in the third lines of every verse.


C majorC        FF E minorEm
Oh my name it is nothin'
  G+G      C majorC
My age it means less
    G+G     C majorC
And the country I come from
  FF       C majorC
Is called the Midwest
   (E minorEm   FF  G+G)   C majorC
I was taught and brought up there
  FF    C majorC
The laws to abide
             FF  E minorEm
And that the land that I live in
  G+G     C majorC
Had God on its side.

C majorC          FF  E minorEm
Oh the history books tell it
   G+G     C majorC
They tell it so well
  G+G     C majorC
The cavalries charged
  FF    C majorC
The Indians fell
  (E minorEm FF G+G)  C majorC
The cavalries charged
  FF    C majorC
The Indians died
    C majorC      FF E minorEm
Oh the country was young
   G+G     C majorC
With God on its side.

C majorC        FF  E minorEm
Well the Spanish-American
G+G      C majorC
War had its day
    G+G     C majorC
And the Civil War too
  FF     C majorC
Was soon laid away
    (E minorEm  FF G+G) C majorC
And the names of the heroes
   FF      C majorC
I was made to memorize
          FF E minorEm
With guns in their hands
  G+G      C majorC
And God on their side.

Well the First World War, boys
It came and it went
And the reason for fighting
I never did get
But I learned to accept it
And accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.

And Second World War
It came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And called them our friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
Now the Germans now too
Have God on their side.

Now I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war starts
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.

And now we've got weapons
Of the chemical dust
And if fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And it's shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

For many dark hours
I thought about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't do it for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.

And now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
They fall to the floor
If God is on our side