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With God On Our Side

Manfred Mann
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 My name, it is nothing;  my age,  it means less
 The country I come  from is a part  of the free West
 I was taught and brought up  there, its laws  to abide
 And that the land that I live in  has God  on its side
 Oh the history books tell it, they tell it so well
 The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
 The cavalries charged, the Indians died
 For the country was young with God on its side
 Then the first World War, it came and it went
 The reason for fighting, I never could get
 But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride
 And you don't count the dead when God's on your side
 Then the second World War, it came to an end
 We forgave the Germans, and now we are friends
 Though they murdered 6 million, in the ovens they fried
 The Germans now too have God on their side
 And now we have weapons of chemical dust
 If fire them we're forced too, well then fire them we must
 One push of the button, and a shot the world wide
 And you never ask questions when God's on your side
 In many a dark hour I think about this
 That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
 But I can't think for you; you'll have to decide
 Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side
 decelerate on last line):
 And now as I leave you, I'm weary as hell
 The confusion I'm feeling no tongue can tell
 The words fill my head and drop to the floor
 If God's on our side, he'll stop the next war

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Readable chord sheet for With God On Our Side by Manfred Mann

My name, it is [D]no[A]thing; my [E7]age, it means [A]less
The country I [F#m]come from is a [D]part of the free [A]West
I was taught and brought [F#m]up there, its [D]laws to a[A]bide
And that the land that I [D]live [A]in has [E7]God on its [A]side

Oh the history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged, the Indians died
For the country was young with God on its side

Then the first World War, it came and it went
The reason for fighting, I never could get
But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride
And you don't count the dead when God's on your side

Then the second World War, it came to an end
We forgave the Germans, and now we are friends
Though they murdered 6 million, in the ovens they fried
The Germans now too have God on their side

And now we have weapons of chemical dust
If fire them we're forced too, well then fire them we must
One push of the button, and a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions when God's on your side

In many a dark hour I think about this
That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you; you'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side

decelerate on last line):
And now as I leave you, I'm weary as hell
The confusion I'm feeling no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and drop to the floor
If God's on our side, he'll stop the next war

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