With God On Our Side Chords

Joan Baez has recorded this in varying keys, most of them lower than this, such as in Bb.
The (Em F 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 and C).
 
C                F Em
Oh my name it is nothin'
   G            C
My age it means less
        G         C
And the country I come from
   F             C
Is called the Midwest
     (Em     F   G)      C
I was taught and brought up there
    F        C
The laws to abide
                         F    Em
And that the land that I live in
    G          C
Had God on its side.
 
C                    F    Em
Oh the history books tell it
     G          C
They tell it so well
    G         C
The cavalries charged
    F       C
The Indians fell
   (Em F G)   C
The cavalries charged
    F       C
The Indians died
       C           F Em
Oh the country was young
     G          C
With God on its side.
 
C                F    Em
Well the Spanish-American
G           C
War had its day
        G         C
And the Civil War too
    F         C
Was soon laid away
       (Em    F  G)  C
And the names of the heroes
      F           C
I was made to memorize
                   F Em
With guns in their hands
    G            C
And God on their side.
 
C                    F    Em
Well the First World War, boys
   G           C
It came and it went
        G          C
And the reason for fighting
  F         C
I never did get
      (Em     F  G)  C
But I learned to accept it
      F            C
And accept it with pride
                        F Em
For you don't count the dead
     G             C
When God's on your side.
 
C                F Em
And Second World War
   G          C
It came to an end
   G           C
We forgave the Germans
    F               C
And called them our friends
           (Em   F   G)  C
Though they murdered six million
       F          C
In the ovens they fried
                   F Em
So the Germans now too
     G            C
Have God on their side.
 
C                        F   Em
Now I've learned to hate Russians
    G                C
All through my whole life
   G           C
If another war starts
     F            C
It's them we must fight
  (Em   F    G)  C
To hate them and fear them
   F          C
To run and to hide
                  F   Em
And accept it all bravely
     G         C
With God on my side.
 
C                 F  Em
And now we've got weapons
       G        C
Of the chemical dust
       G               C
And if fire them we're forced to
     F            C
Then fire them we must
   (Em   F  G)  C
One push of the button
         F              C
And it's shot the world wide
                  F   Em
And you never ask questions
     G             C
When God's on your side.
 
C             F  Em
For many dark hours
  G             C
I thought about this
     G     C
That Jesus Christ
    F             C
Was betrayed by a kiss
     (Em    F  G) C
But I can't do it for you
       F       C
You'll have to decide
              F   Em
Whether Judas Iscariot
    G          C
Had God on his side.
 
C              F  Em
And now as I'm leavin'
    G        C
I'm weary as Hell
       G          C
The confusion I'm feelin'
         F          C
Ain't no tongue can tell
    (Em   F    G) C
The words fill my head
     F           C
They fall to the floor
             F   Em
If God is on our side
      G             C
He'll stop the next war.
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