CFC
Oh, my name it is nothin'
FC
My age it means less
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The country I come from
FC
Is called the Midwest
FC
I's taught and brought up there
FC
The laws to abide
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And that land that I live in
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Has God on its side.
CFC
Oh, the history books tell it
FC
They tell it so well
FC
The cavalries charged
FC
The Indians fell
FC
The cavalries charged
FC
The Indians died
FC
Oh, the country was young
FC
With God on its side.
CFC
Oh, the Spanish-American
FC
War had it s day
FC
And the Civil War too
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Was soon laid away
FC
And the names of the heroes
FC
I's made to memorize
FC
With guns in their hands
FC
And God on their side.
CFC
Oh, the First World War, boys
FC
It closed out its fate
FC
The reason for fighting
FC
I never got straight
FC
But I learned to accept it
FC
Accept it with pride
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For you don't count the dead
FC
When God's on your side.
CFC
When the Second World War
FC
Came to an end
FC
We forgave the Germans
FC
And we were friends
FC
Though they murdered six million
FC
In the ovens they fried
FC
The Germans now too
FC
Have God on their side.
CFC
I've learned to hate Russians
FC
All through my whole life
FC
If another war starts
FC
It's them we must fight
FC
To hate them and fear them
FC
To run and to hide
FC
And accept it all bravely
FC
With God on my side.
CFC
But now we got weapons
FC
Of the chemical dust
FC
If fire them we're forced to
FC
Then fire them we must
FC
One push of the button
FC
And a shot the world wide
FC
And you never ask questions
FC
When God's on your side.
CFC
In a many dark hour
FC
I've been thinkin' about this
FC
That Jesus Christ
FC
Was betrayed by a kiss
FC
But I can't think for you
FC
You'll have to decide
FC
Whether Judas Iscariot
FC
Had God on his side.
CFC
So now as I'm leavin'
FC
I'm weary as Hell
FC
The confusion I'm feelin'
FC
Ain't no tongue can tell
FC
The words fill my head
FC
And fall to the floor
FC
If God's on our side
FC
He'll stop the next war.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.