With God on Our Side Chords by Bob Dylan
- Key: C
- BPM: 120
- Capo: no capo
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WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE CHORDS
[Intro] C F Em G7 C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] F Em G C Oh my name it ain't nothin' ■ my age it means less G C F C The country I come from is called the Midwest F Em C F C ■ I's taught and brought up there the laws to abide F Em G C F C And that the land that I live in has God on its side ■ ■ F Em G C Oh the history books tell it ■ they tell it so well Em G C F C The cavalries charged ■ the Indians fell F C The cavalries charged the Indians died F Em G C F C Oh the country was young ■ with God on its side ■ ■ F Em G C The SpanishAmerican ■ War had its day G C F C And the Civil War too was ■ soon laid away F Em C F C And the names of the heroes I was made to memorize F Em G C With guns in their hands and God on their side F Em G C ■ ■ ■ ■ F Em G C The First World War boys it came and it went F G C F C The reason for fightin' I never did get F C F C But I learned to accept it accept it with pride F Em G C F G C For you don't count the dead when God's on your side ■ ■ ■ F Em G C The Second World War ■ came to an end F C F C We forgave the Germans and then we were friends Em C F C Though they murdered six million in the ovens they fried F Em G C The Germans now too have God on their side F C G C ■ ■ ■ ■ F Em G C I learned to hate the Russians ■ all through my whole life Em7 Em C F C If another war comes it's them we must fight Em7 C F C To hate them and fear them to run and to hide F Em G C F Em C And accept it all bravely with God on my side ■ ■ ■ F Em G C But now we've got weapons ■ of chemical dust F G C F C If fire them we're forced to then fire them we must Em7 G C F C One push of the button and they shot the world wide F Em G C And you never ask questions when God's on your side F Em Em7 C ■ ■ ■ ■ F Em G C Through many dark hour ■ I been thinkin' about this F Em7 G C F C That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss F C F C But I can't think for you you'll have to decide F Em G Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side C F Em G C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F Em G C So now as I'm leavin' I'm weary as hell F Em7 G C F C The confusion ■ I'm feelin' ain't no tongue can tell [Chorus] F G C F C The words fill my head and they fall to the floor F Em G C That if God's on our side ■ he'll stop the next war F Em7 Em G C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]