We Didn't Know chords by Chad Mitchell Trio

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G+G

♫ Intro:

G+G
We didn't know at all;
C majorC        G+G
We didn't see a thing. You can't hold us to blame
A augmentedA       D7D7
What could we do?
G+G
It was a terrible shame,
C majorC
But we can't bear the blame.
G+G     C majorC       D7D7  G+G
Oh no, not us, we didn't know.

♫ Verse:
 G+G             C majorC
"We didn't know", said the burgermeister,
 G+G            D7D7   G+G
"About those camps on the edge of town.
       C majorC
It was Hitler and his crew,
   G+G        D7D7   G+G
That tore the German nation down.
E minorEm
We saw the cattle cars, it's true;
G+G          D7D7   G+G
Maybe they carried a Jew or two.
   E minorEm
They woke us up as they rattled through,
  G+G       D7D7     G+G
But what did you expect me to do "

♫ Chorus:
G+G
We didn't know at all;
C majorC        G+G
We didn't see a thing. You can't hold us to blame
A augmentedA       D7D7
What could we do?
G+G
It was a terrible shame,
C majorC
But we can't bear the blame.
G+G     C majorC       D7D7  G+G
Oh no, not us, we didn't know.

♫ Verse:
G+G              C majorC
"We didn't know", said the congregation,
G+G          D7D7    G+G
Singing a hymn in a church of white.
            C majorC
"The Press was full of lies about us,
  G+G      D7D7   G+G
Preacher told us we were right.
E minorEm
The outside agitators came;
G+G               D7D7   G+G
They burned some churches and put the blame
  E minorEm
On decent southern people's names,
G+G          D7D7   G+G
To set our colored people aflame.
  E minorEm
And maybe some of our boys got hot,
   G+G           D7D7    G+G
And a couple of niggers and reds got shot,
   E minorEm
They should have stayed where they belong -
  G+G
The preacher would've told us
D7D7      G+G
if we'd done wrong."

♫ Chorus:
G+G
We didn't know at all;
C majorC        G+G
We didn't see a thing. You can't hold us to blame
A augmentedA       D7D7
What could we do?
G+G
It was a terrible shame,
C majorC
But we can't bear the blame.
G+G     C majorC       D7D7  G+G
Oh no, not us, we didn't know.

♫ Verse:
G+G             C majorC
"We didn't know", said the puzzled voter,
 G+G        D7D7    G+G
Watching the President on TV.
           C majorC
"I guess we've got to drop those bombs,
  G+G           D7D7  G+G
If we're gonna keep South Asia free.
E minorEm
The President's such a peaceful man,
G+G           D7D7   G+G
I guess he's got some kind of plan.
   E minorEm
They say we're torturing prisoners of war,
  G+G        D7D7      G+G
But I don't believe that stuff no more.
  E minorEm
Torturing prisoners is a communist game,
G+G            D7D7    G+G
And You can bet they're doing the same.
 E minorEm
I wish this war was over and through,
  G+G       D7D7     G+G
But what do you expect me to do "

♫ Chorus:
G+G
We didn't know at all;
C majorC        G+G
We didn't see a thing. You can't hold us to blame
A augmentedA       D7D7
What could we do?
G+G
It was a terrible shame,
C majorC
But we can't bear the blame.
G+G     C majorC       D7D7  G+G
Oh no, not us, we didn't know.