Freedom Strummers
Song List
1) Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around
2) All I Want
3) Better Way
7) Deportee
10) Get Together
14) Imagine
15) Lean on Me
16) Masters of War
17) No Kings
19) The Times They are a Changing
20) The Wolves
23) We are a Gentle, Angry People
27) Wild Fire
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around
Am
Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me
around
E7 Am
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around
E7
I’m gonna keep on walkin’, keep on talkin’,
Am
marching down to freedom land
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Verses:
Ain’t gonna let NO TRUMP turn me around
Ain’t gonna let NO DOGE turn me around
Ain’t gonna let NO ICE turn me around
Ain’t gonna let NO BULLIES turn me around
Ain’t gonna let RACISM turn me around
Ain’t gonna let INJUSTICE turn me around
All I Want
(Based on Pete Seeger’s I Don’t Want Your Millions)
Verse 1:
G
I don’t waaaaaant your billions, mister,
C G
I don’t waaaaaaant your diamond ring
C G
All I waaaaaaant is the right to live, mister,
D G
give me baaaaaack my job again.
Verse 2:
G
I don’t waaaaaant your Tesla, mister,
C G
I don’t waaaaaant your crypto coin
C G
All I waaaaaaant is a steady paycheck,
D G
a good wage and a union to join
Verse 3:
G
I don’t waaaaaaant your billions, mister,
C G
I don’t waaaaaant to live on Mars
C G
All I waaaaaaant is to save this planet,
D G
protect Mother Earth cuz she’s all of ours
Verse 4:
G
I don’t waaaaaant your billions mister,
C G
our voting power gives us hope,
C G
All I waaaaaaant is to pass Prop 50,
D G
and work hard to get out the vote
Outro: Repeat Verse 4
Better Way
Ben Harper
Verse 1:
D
I’m a living sunset
Lightning in my bones
Push me to the edge
But my will is stone
Chorus:
C G D
I believe in a better way
Verse 2:
D
Fools will be fools
And wise will be wise
But I will look this world
Straight in the eyes
Chorus:
C G D
Cause, I believe in a better way
C G D
Cause, I believe in a better way
Verse 3:
D
What good is a man
Who won’t take a stand
What good is a cynic
With no better plan
Chorus:
C G D
I believe in a better way
C G D
I believe in a better way
Verse 4:
D
Reality is sharp
It cuts like a knife
Everyone I know
Is in the fight of their life
Chorus:
C G D
I believe in a better way
Verse 5:
D
Take your face out of your hands
And clear your eyes
You have a right to your dreams
And don’t be denied
Chorus:
C G D
I believe in a better way
C G D
I believe in a better way
C G D
I believe in a better way
C G D
I believe in a better way
Blowin’ in the Wind
Bob Dylan
Verse 1:
C F C
How many roads must a man walk down,
F C
before you call him a man
F C
How many seas must a white dove sail,
F G
before she sleeps in the sand
C F C
Yes, how many times must the cannonballs fly,
F C
before they’re forever banned
Chorus:
F G C
The answer my friend is blowin’ in
Am
the wind
F G C
the answer is blowin’ in the wind
(Harmonica Refrain)
| F G | C F | F G | C |
Verse 2:
C F C
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist,
F C
before it is washed to the sea
C F C
Yes, and how many years can some people exist,
F G
before they’re allowed to be free
C F C
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head,
F C
and pretend that he just doesn’t see
Chorus:
F G C
The answer my friend is blowin’ in
Am
the wind
F G C
the answer is blowin’ in the wind
(Harmonica Refrain)
| F G | C F | F G | C |
Verse 3:
C F C
Yes, and how many times must a man look up,
F C
before he can see the sky
C F C
Yes, and how many ears must one man have,
F G
before he can hear people cry
C F C
Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows,
F C
that too many people have died
Chorus:
F G C
The answer my friend is blowin’ in
Am
the wind
F G C
the answer is blowin’ in the wind
Harmonica Outro:
| F G | C F | F G | C |
Call Me Antifa
The Resistance
Verse 1:
D
My Granddad fought the fascists
A
Half way ‘round the world
G
He came home scarred but grateful
D A
for the flag still unfurled
D
He said freedom isn’t easy
A
It’s a promise not a crown
G D
It’s the courage to stand up when others bow
A
down
Chorus:
D G
Call me Antifa, if it means I fight for love
A For every race and color,
D A
underneath heaven’s light above
D G
If liberty’s my language, and justice is my plea
A D
Then call me Antifa - that’s alright with me
Verse 2:
D A
I don’t raise fists for hatred, I don’t march for war
G
I walk beside my neighbor,
D A
that’s what my heart is for
D F#m
I see the flags of fear - go waving in the streets
G
But peace is not surrender,
D A
it’s where the brave hearts meet
Chorus:
D G
Call me Antifa, if I stand against the chains
A
If I won’t let the bullies
D
write their lies into our names
If I still believe in truth, and the right to
G
disagree
A D
Then call me Antifa - that’s alright with me
Verse 3:
D
I’m pro the dream of freedom’s light
A
Pro what is just, what’s fair and what’s right
G
Pro workers, thinkers, builders, too
D A
Pro the promise - red, white and blue
F#m
And if I’m anti hate and pain,
Bm
anti marching tanks again
G
Then history will plainly see -
A D
That’s the side I’m proud to be
Verse 4:
D
No scapegoats, no shadows,
A
no “others” to blame
G D A
We’re one fragile family - under many names
D
I’ll sing for the broken,
A
I’ll kneel for the lost
G D A
Peace isn’t a weakness - it’s love at all cost.
Chorus:
D G
Call me Antifa, I’ll wear it like a song
A
For those who still remember,
D
what makes a nation strong
For the freedom fighters past,
G
who faced tyranny
A D
Call me Antifa, I’ll keep freedom free
D/ F#m
So wave your banner - bright and true
G D A
It’s red for hearts, white for what’s new,
D A
blue for the dream - that we still pursue
G D
Call me Antifa, it means I stand with you
Country Road (CA)
Adapted from John Denver
Verse 1:
C Am/
Almost heaven, California
G F C
Pacific ocean, Sierra mountains
Am
Life is old there, but younger than our trees
G F C
Younger than the mountains, flowing like a breeze
CHORUS:
C G Am
Country road, take me home, to the place
F/ C G
I be..long, Cali….fornia, Pacific Coast Highway
F C
Take me home, my country road
Verse 2:
C Am
All my memories, gather round them
G F C
We’re all immigrants, sharing cultures
Am
Rainbow colors, painted on the sky
G
Stroll across the Golden Gate
F C
with a teardrop in my eye
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Am G F C
I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me
F C G
Radio reminds me of my home, far away
Am Bb F C
Riding down that road I get the feeling that I should
G G7
have been home yesterday, yesterday
(Chorus: A CAPPELLA)
(Chorus)
Deportee
Martin Hoffman, Woodie Guthrie
Intro:
C
Verse 1:
C
The crops are all in and the
F C
peaches are rotting
C F
The oranges are packed in their
C
creosote dumps
F C
They’re flying ‘em back to the
Am
Mexico border
C F
To take all their money to wade
C
back again.
Verse 2:
C F
My father’s own father, he waded
C
that river
C F
They took all the money he made
C
in his life
F
My brothers and sisters came
C Am
workin’ the fruit trees
C
They rode the big trucks ‘till they
F C
laid down and died
Chorus:
F C
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
G7 C C7
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria
F
You won’t have a name when you
C Am
ride the big airplane
C F
All they will call you will be
C
“deportees”
Verse 3:
C F
Some of us are illegal, and others
C
not wanted
C F
Our work contract’s out and we got
C
to move on
F
It’s six hundred miles to the
C Am
Mexican border
C
They chase us like outlaws, like
F C
rustlers like thieves
Verse 4:
C F
We died in your hills and we died
C
in your deserts
C F
We died in your valleys, we died on
C
your plains
F C
We died ‘neath your trees and we
Am
died ‘neath your bushes
C F
Both sides of the river we died just
C
the same
Chorus:
F C
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
G7 C C7
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria
F
You won’t have a name when you
C Am
ride the big airplane
C F
All they will call you will be
C
“deportees”
Verse 5:
C F
The skyplane caught fire over Los
C
Gatos Canyon
C F
A fireball of lightnin’ an’ it shook all
C
the hills
F
Who are these comrades, they’re
C Am
dying like dry leaves?
C F
The radio says, “They’re just
C
deportees”
Verse 6:
C F
Is this the best way we can grow
C
our orchards?
C F
Is this the best way we can grow
C
our fruit?
F C
To fall like dry leaves and rot on the
Am
top soil?
C F
And be called by no name except
C
“deportee”
Chorus:
F C
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita
G7 C C7
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria
F
You won’t have a name when you
C Am
ride the big airplane
C F
All they will call you will be
C
“deportees”
Outro:
C F C
Down by the Riverside
Verse 1:
G
I’m gonna lay down by sword and shield
down by the riverside,
D
down by the riverside
G
down by the riverside
I’m gonna lay down my sword and shield
down by the riverside,
D D7 G G7
ain’t gonna study war no more
Chorus:
C
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
G
I ain’t gonna study war no more
D G G7
Study war no more
C
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
G
I ain’t gonna study war no more
D7 G
Study war no more
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Additional Verses:
Gonna lay down my weapons of war, down by the riverside
Gonna rise up and march for peace, down by the riverside
For What It’s Worth
Buffalo Springfield
Intro:
C F C F
Verse 1:
C F
There’s somethin’ happening here
C F
What it is aint exactly clear
C F
There’s a man with a gun over there
C F
A-tellin’ me I’ve got to beware
Chorus:
C
I think it’s time we stop,
Bb
children, what’s that sound?
F
Everybody look what’s goin’ down
C F C F
Verse 2:
C F
There’s battle lines being drawn
C F
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
C F
Young people speakin’ there minds
C F
A-gettin’ so much resistance from behind
Chorus:
C
It’s time we stop,
Bb
Hey, what’s that sound?
F
Everybody look what’s goin’ down
C F C F
Verse 3:
C F
What a field day for the heat
C F
A thousand people in the street
C F
Singin’ songs and a-carrying signs
C F
Mostly sayin’ hooray for our side
Chorus:
C
It’s time we stop,
Bb
Hey, what’s that sound?
F
Everybody look what’s goin’ down
C F C F
Verse 4:
C F
Paranoia strikes deep
C F
Into your life it will creep
C F
It starts when you’re always afraid
C
Step out of line, the men come and
F
take you away
Chorus/Outro:
C
You better stop,
Bb
Hey, what’s that sound?
F F7
Everybody look what’s goin’
C
You better stop,
Bb
Now, what’s that sound?
F F7
Everybody look what’s goin’ down
C
You better stop,
Bb
Hey, what’s that sound?
F F7
Everybody look what’s goin’
C
You better stop,
Bb
Children, what’s that sound?
F F7
Everybody look what’s goin’ (fade out)
Get Together
The Youngbloods
Verse 1:
C
Love is but a song we sing
A#
Fear’s the way we die
C
You can make the mountain ring
A#
Or make the angels cry
C
Though the bird is on the wing
A#
And you may not know why
Chorus:
F
Come on people now
G
Smile on your brother
C
Everybody get together
F G C
Try and love one another right now
Verse 2:
C
Some may come and some may go
A#
We will surely pass
C
When the one that left us here
A#
Returns for us at last
C
We are but a moment’s sunlight
A#
Fading in the grass
(Chorus) X 2
Verse 3:
C
If you hear the song I sing
A#
You will understand Listen!
C
You hold the key to love & fear
A#
All in your trembling hand
C
Just one key unlocks them both
A#
It’s there at your command
Chorus:
F
Come on people now
G
Smile on your brother
C
Everybody get together
F G C
Try and love one another right now
F
Come on people now
G
Smile on your brother
C
Everybody get together
F G C
Try and love one another right now
Outro:
Right now, right now
Happy Xmas (War is Over)
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Verse 1:
A
So this is Christmas
Bm
And what have you done?
E
Another year over
A
And a new one just begun
A D
And so this is Christmas
Em
I hope you have fun
A
The near and the dear one
D
The old and the young
Chorus:
G
A very merry Christmas
A
And a Happy New Year
Em G
Let’s hope it’s a good one
D E
Without any fear
Verse 2:
A
And so this is Christmas
Bm
For weak and for strong
E
For rich and for poor ones
A
The road is so long
A D
And so happy Christmas
Em
For black and for white
A
For yellow and red ones
D
Let’s stop all the fight
Chorus
G
A very merry Christmas
A
And a Happy New Year
Em G
Let’s hope it’s a good one
D E
Without any fear
Verse 3:
A
So this is Christmas
Bm
And what have you done?
E
Another year over
A
And a new one just begun
A D
And so happy Christmas
Em
We hope you have fun
A
The near and the dear one
D
The old and the young
Chorus
G
A very merry Christmas
A
And a Happy New Year
Em G
Let’s hope it’s a good one
D E
Without any fear
Outro:
A
War is over
Bm
If you want it
E
War is over
A
Now
I Carry the Flame (3/4 time)
Josh Ritter (as sung by Joan Baez)
Chorus:
C G C
I carry the flame
F C
and I carry the flame
F C
let it always be said when you speak
Am
of my name
C G C
that I carry the flame
Verse 1:
C G
Well I woke in the dark to a world full
C
of grief
F C
Concrete and barbed wire no hope for relief
F
but a hand took my hand
C Am
in the night and though brief
C G C
slipped me the fire and restored my belief
Chorus:
C G C
I carry the flame
F C
and I carry the flame
F C
let it always be said when you speak
Am
of my name
C G C
that I carry the flame
Verse 2:
C G
Well the fire was small but from all I
C
could see
F C
there were billions of people far worse off than me
F C
and around us high walls to keep us all free
C
from the neighbors who love what we
G C
once used to be
Chorus:
C G C
I carry the flame
F C
and I carry the flame
F C
let it always be said when you speak
Am
of my name
C G C
that I carry the flame
Verse 3:
C G
My flame sometimes flickers it’s light I
C
might lose
F G
so please understand if I do not choose
F C
to salute wave flags no I’ll do what I
Am
do
C G
’til someday my flame might be
C
passed on to you
Chorus:
C G C
I carry the flame
F C
and I carry the flame
F C
let it always be said when you speak
Am
of my name
C G C
that I carry the flame
Verse 4:
C G
But darkness can’t fall on the whole
C
world at once
F C
the flame will survive everything’s been done
F C
cruelty and lies deportation and
Am
guns
C G
But my light will survive ‘till our work
C
is done
Chorus:
C G C
I carry the flame
F C
and I carry the flame
F C
let it always be said when you speak
Am
of my name
C G C
that I carry the flame
If I had a Hammer
Pete Seeger
Verse 1:
C
If I had a ha-a-mmer,
Am
I’d hammer in the morning
C
I’d hammer in the evening,
G
all over this land
C
I’d hammer out danger, Am
I’d hammer out a warning
C
I’d hammer out love between my
brothers and my sisters
C G C
A - aa - all over this land
Verse 2:
C
If I had a bell, I’d ring it in the
Am
morning
C
I’d ring it in the evening,
G
all over this land
C
I’d ring out danger,
Am
I’d ring out a warning
C
I’d ring out love between my
brothers and my sisters
C G C
A - aa - all over this land
Verse 3:
C
If I had a song, I’d sing it in the
Am
morning
C
I’d sing it in the evening,
G
all over this land
C
I’d sing out danger,
Am
I’d sing out a warning
C
I’d sing out love between my
brothers and my sisters
C G C
A - aa - all over this land
Verse 4:
C
Well I got a hammer,
Am
and I got a bell
C
and I got a song to sing,
G
all over this land
C
It’s the hammer of justice,
Am
it’s the bell of freedom
C
it’s the song about love between my
brothers and my sisters
C G C
A - aa - all over this land
Imagine
John Lennon
Intro:
| C Cmaj7 | F |
| C Cmaj7 | F |
Verse 1:
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there’s no heaven
C Cmaj7 F
It’s easy if you try
C Cmaj7 F
No hell below us
C Cmaj7 F
Above us only sky
Bridge 1:
F Am Dm7 F/C
Imagine all the people
G G7
Living for today a-hah
Verse 2:
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there’s no countries
C Cmaj7 F
It isn’t hard to do
C Cmaj7 F
Nothing to kill or die for
C Cmaj7 F
And no religion too
Bridge 2:
F Am Dm7 F/C
Imagine all the people
G G7
Living life in peace you-hou-hou-ou-ou
CHORUS:
F G C E7
You may say I’m a dreamer
F G C E7
But I’m not the only one
F G C E7
I hope some day you’ll join us
F G C
And the world will be as one
Verse 3:
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there’s no possessions
C Cmaj7 F
I wonder if you can
C Cmaj7 F
No need for greed or hunger
C Cmaj7 F
A brotherhood of man
Bridge 3:
F Am Dm7 F/C
Imagine all the people
G G7
Sharing all the world you-hou-hou-ou-ou
Chorus:
F G C E7
You may say I’m a dreamer
F G C E7
But I’m not the only one
F G C E7
I hope some day you’ll join us
F G C
And the world will be as one
Lean On Me
Bill Withers
Intro:
| C | F | C | Am G |
| C | F | C | G C |
Verse 1:
C F
Some…times in our lives
C
We all have pain
Am G
We all have sorrow
C F
But if we are wise
C G C
We know that there’s always to…morrow
Chorus:
C
Lean on me
F
When you’re not strong
C
And I’ll be your friend
Am G
I’ll help you carry on
C F C
For it won’t be long, ’til I’m gonna need
G C
Somebody to lean on
Verse 2:
C F
Please swallow your pride
C Am G
If I have things you need to borrow
C F \
For no one can fill
C
Those of your needs
G C
That you won’t let show
Bridge:
C (palm muted)
You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
G/ C/
We all need somebody to lean on
C (palm muted)
I just might have a problem that you’d understand
G/ C/
We all need somebody to lean on
Chorus:
C
Lean on me
F
When you’re not strong
C
And I’ll be your friend
Am G
I’ll help you carry on
C F C
For it won’t be long, ’til I’m gonna need
G C
Somebody to lean on
Bridge:
C (palm muted)
You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
G/ C/
We all need somebody to lean on
C (palm muted)
I just might have a problem that you’d understand
G/ C/
We all need somebody to lean on
Verse 3:
F C
If … there is a load…..you have to bear
Am G
That you can’t carry
C F C
I’m….right up the road…..I’ll share your load
G C
If you just call me
Outro:
(call & response)
Call me….. (vocal 1) If you need a friend
(vocal 2) Call me….(vocal 1) Call me…(vocal 2) Call me (vocal 1) If you ever need a friend….(vocal 2)
G C
Call me (vocal 1) Call me (together) Call…. me
Masters of War
Bob Dylan
Verse 1:
Am
Come you masters of war
Am
You that build all the guns
Am
You that build the death planes
Am
You that build all the bombs
Am
You that hide behind walls
Am
You that hide behind desks
Am C
I just want you to know
G Am
I can see through your masks
Verse 2:
Am
You that never done nothin’
Am
But build and destroy
Am
You play with my world
Am
Like it’s your little toy
Am
You put a gun in my hand
Am
And you hide from my eyes
Am C
And you turn and run farther
G Am
When the fast bullets fly
Verse 3:
Am
Like Judas of old
Am
You lie and deceive
Am
A world war can be won
Am
You want me to believe
Am
But I see through your eyes
Am
And I see through your brain
Am C
Like I see the water
G Am
That runs down my drain
Verse 4:
Am
You fasten all the triggers
Am
For the others to fire
Am
Then you set back and watch
Am
When the death count gets higher
Am
You hide in your mansion
Am
As young people’s blood
Am C
Flows out of their bodies
G Am
And is buried in the mud
Verse 5:
Am
You’ve thrown the worst fear
Am
That can ever be hurled
Am
Fear to bring children
Am
Into the world
Am
For threatening my baby
Am
Unborn and unnamed
Am C
You ain’t worth the blood
G Am
That runs in your veins
Verse 6:
Am
How much do I know
Am
To talk out of turn
Am
You might say that I’m young
Am
You might say I’m unlearned
Am
But there’s one thing I know
Am
Though I’m younger than you
Am C
That even Jesus
G Am
Would never Forgive what you do
Verse 7:
Am
Let me ask you one question
Am
Is your money that good?
Am
Will it buy you forgiveness?
Am
Do you think that it could?
Am
I think you will find
Am
When your death takes it’s toll
Am C
All the money you made
G Am
Will never buy back your soul
No Kings
Jesse Wells
Verse 1:
C F
No hatred, no violence, no starvation
C
And no greed
G C
And no kings, no kings, no kings
F C
No lies and no bullets, no bombs and no need
G Am
for kings, no kings, no kings
Verse 2:
F C
No walls, no judgements, no oppression cowering
G C
To kings, no kings, no kings
F
Every color, every culture, every language
C
every creed
G C
But no kings, no kings, no kings
Instrumental:
| C | C | F | C | C | G | C |
Verse 3:
C
No more dying in the clutches
F C
No more dying underneath
G C
No kings, no kings, no kings
C
No more dying for the causes
F C
No one asked for, no one needs
G Am
and no kings, no kings, no kings
Verse 4:
F
To all the dignity the love that
C
they deserve and need
G C
No kings, no kings, no kings.
The pursuit of happiness
F C
the right to life and liberty
G C
and no kings, no kings, no kings
Instrumental:
| C | C | F | C | C | G | C |
Verse 5:
C
No child going hungry
F C
for there’s plenty ‘nough to eat
G C
with no kings, no kings, no kings
may I recognize your soul
F C
that you may see the soul in me
G Am
No kings, no kings, no kings
Verse 6:
F
Close your eyes and listen so that
C
you can truly see
G C
No kings, no kings, no kings
At the killing of my foe
F C
and it destroys a part of me
G C
no kings, no kings, no kings
Outro:
C F
No hatred, no violence, no starvation
C
And no greed
G C
And no kings, no kings, no kings
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
(strum pattern: down down down up down up)
Intro:
A D F#m E
A D F#m E
CHORUS:
A D
Don’t you know
F#m E A
They’re talkin’ about a revolution
D F#m E
It sounds….like a whisper
A D
Don’t you know
F#m E A
They’re talkin’ about a revolution
D F#m E
It sounds….like a whisper
Verse 1:
A D F#m E
While they’re standing in the welfare lines
A D F#m E
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
A D F#m E
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
A D F#m E
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
CHORUS:
A D
Don’t you know
F#m E A
They’re talkin’ about a revolution
D F#m E
It sounds….like a whisper
A D F#m E
Poor people gonna rise up
A D F#m E
and get their share
A D F#m E
Poor people gonna rise up
A D F#m E
and take what’s theirs
Bridge:
A D
Don’t you know you better run, run, run, run,
F#m E A D F#m E
run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
A D
Oh is said you better run, run, run, run,
F#m E A D F#m E
run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
A D F#m E A
Cuz finally the tables are starting to turn
D F#m E
Talkin’ bout a revolution
A D F#m E A
Cuz finally the tables are starting to turn
D F#m E A
Talkin’ bout a revolution oh no
D F#m E
Talkin’ bout a revolution ooh
Verse 2:
A D F#m E
I’ve been standing in the welfare lines
A D F#m E
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
A D F#m E
Wasting time in the employment lines
A D F#m E
Sitting around waiting for a promotion
Outro:
A D
Don’t you know
F#m E A
They’re talkin’ about a revolution
D F#m E
It sounds….like a whisper
A D F#m E A
And finally the tables are starting to turn
D F#m E
Talkin’ bout a revolution
A D F#m E A
Yes finally the tables are starting to turn
D F#m E A
Talkin’ bout a revolution oh no (repeat x 2)
This Land is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
Intro:
C
Chorus:
F
This land is your land,
C
this land is my land
G
from California,
C C7
to the New York Island
F
from the Redwood Forest,
C Am
to the Gulf stream waters
G G7 C
this land was made for you and me
Verse 1:
F
As I was walking a ribbon of
C
highway
G C
I saw above me an endless skyway
F C
I saw below me a golden valley
G G7 C
this land was made for you and me
(Chorus)
Verse 2:
F
I’ve roamed and rambled
C
and I’ve followed my footsteps
G
to the sparkling sands of her
C
diamond deserts
F
and all around me a voice was
C
sounding
G G7 C
This land was made for you and me
(Chorus)
Verse 3:
F
The sun comes shining as I was
C
strolling
G
the wheat fields waving and the
C C7
dust clouds rolling
F
as the fog was lifting a voice came
C
calling
G G7 C
This land was made for you and me
(Chorus)
Verse 4:
F C
As I was walking I saw a sign there
G C C7
and that sign said….. no trespassin’
F
but on the other side it didn’t say
C
nothin’
G G7 C
That side was made for you and me
(Chorus)
Verse 5:
F
In the squares of the city
C
in the shadow of the steeple
G
Near the relief office
C C7
I see my people
F
And some are grumblin’
C
and some are wonderin’
G G7
If this land’s still made for you and
C
me
(Chorus)
Outro:
G G7 C
This land was made for you and me
This Little Light of Mine
C
This little light of mine,
I’m gonna let it shine
F
This little light of mine,
C
I’m gonna let it shine
C
This little light of mine, I’m gonna
E Am
let it shine
C G7 C F C
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
—————
Verses:
Hands off our democracy….I’m gonna let it shine
Hands off social security….I’m gonna let it shine
Hands off our immigrants….I’m gonna let it shine
Hands off our health care ….I’m gonna let it shine
Hands off our universities….I’m gonna let it shine
Hands off our civil rights….I’m gonna let it shine
The Times They Are A Changing
Bob Dylan
Verse 1:
C Am
Come gather ‘round people
F C
wherever you roam
C Em G
And admit that the waters around you have grown
C Am
And accept it that soon you’ll be
F C
drenched to the bone
C Em G
If your time to you is worth savin’
G
Then you better start swimmin’ or
G7
you’ll sink like a stone
C F G C
For the times, they are a-changin’
Verse 2:
C Am
Come writers and critics who
F C
prophesies with your pen
C Em
And keep your eyes wide the
G
chance won’t come again
C Am
And don’t speak too soon for the
F C
wheel’s still in spin
C Em
And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s
G
naming’
G G7
For the loser now will be later to win
C F G C
For the times they are a-changin’
Verse 3:
C Am
Come senators and congressman
F C
please heed the call
C Em
Don’t stand in the doorway don’t
G
block up the hall
C Am
For he that gets hurt will be he
F C
who has stalled
C Em
There’s a battle outside and it’s
G
ragin’
G
It’ll soon shake your windows and
G7
rattle your walls
C F G C
For the times they are a-changin’
Verse 4:
C Am
Come mothers and fathers
F C
throughout the land
C Em G
And don’t criticize what you can’t understand
C Am
Your sons and your daughters are
F C
beyond your command
C Em G
Your old road is rapidly agin’
G
Please get out of the new one if
G7
you can’t lend a hand
C F G C
For the times they are a-changin’
Verse 5:
C Am F
The line it is drawn the curse it is
C
cast
C Em G
The slow one now will later be fast
C Am F
As the present now will later be
C
past
C Em G
The order is rapidly fadin’
G G7
And the first one now will later be last
C F G C
For the times they are a-changin’
The Wolves
Watchhouse
Verse 1:
D
At my gate I’ll always greet you
A D
At my door you’re welcome in
G D
There should be no transgression
A
as a means to an end
D
On the wind the wolves are howling
A D
Open arms are closed in fear
G D
Helping hands are clenched in anger
A D
Broken hearts beyond repair
Chorus:
Bm G
Everything’s so great. It can’t get better.
A D
Makes me wanna cry.
Bm G A D
So I’ll go out howling at the moon tonight (x2)
Verse 2:
D
There she stands, so tall and mighty
A D
with her keen and watchful eye
G D
And the heart of a mother
A
holding out her guiding light
D D
It’s a hard road to travel
A D
this old rock from end to end
G D
The sun, it rises on her brow
A D
and sets upon the great expanse
Chorus
Verse 3:
D
There she stands, so tall and mighty
A D
Her gaze facing the east.
G D
At her back our doors are closing
A
as we grin and bare our teeth
Bm A/C# D
On the wind the wolves are howling.
A D
She cries their drawing near
G D
Well turn around, turn around my darling;
A D
no, the wolves are here
Chorus
We are a Gentle, Angry People
Written by Holly Near in the wake of the Harvey Milk assassination, this song is a call to action.
It demands that we make sure everyone knows who we are and how many we are, we who will not be moved, we who are scared, and angry, and loving, and resisting.
D G D
We are a gentle, angry people
A D A
and we are singing, singing for our lives
D G D
We are a gentle, angry people
A D
and we are singing, singing for our lives
Other verses:
We are a justice-seeking people...
We are young and old together...
We are a land of many colors…
We are gay and straight together....
We are a gentle, loving people...
WE ARE BUILDING A NEW WAY Words & Music: Martha Sandefer
Verse 1
Cm
We are building a new way.
G
We are building a new way.
Cm
We are building a new way,
Fm
feeling stronger ev’ry day,
Cm G Cm
We are building a new way.
Verse 2
Cm
We are working to be free.
G
We are working to be free.
Cm
We are working to be free,
Fm
free of hate, greed, and jealousy.
Cm G Cm
We are working to be free.
Verse 3
Cm
We can feed our every need.
G
We can feed our every need.
Cm
We can feed our every need,
Fm
Start with love, that is the seed.
Cm G Cm
We can feed our every need.
Verse 4
Cm
Peace and freedom is our cry.
G
Peace and freedom is our cry.
Cm
Peace and freedom is our cry,
Fm
Without these this world will die.
Cm G Cm
Peace and freedom is our cry.
Outro:
Cm G Cm
Peace and freedom is our cry.
Cm G Cm
Peace and freedom is our cry.
We Shall Not Be Moved
Pete Seeger
Chorus:
G D
We shall not, we shall not be moved
G
We shall not, we shall not be moved
C
Just like a tree…that’s planted by the
G
waaater
D G
We shall not be moved
—————
Verses:
We’re young & old together….we shall not be moved
Immigrants are welcome here….we shall not be moved
We stand for human rights….we shall not be moved
We stand for democracy….we shall not be moved
We stand for the rule of law….we shall not be moved
We stand for civil rights….we shall not be moved
We Shall Overcome
Pete Seeger
Intro:
G C G D
Verse 1:
G C G
We shall overcome
G C G
We shall overcome
G C Em A D D7
We shall over come some day
Chorus:
G C G
Oh, deep in my heart
C D Em
I do believe
G C G D G
That we shall over come some day
Verse 2:
G C G
We’ll walk hand in hand
G C G
We’ll walk hand in hand
G C Em A D D7
We’ll walk hand in hand some day
Chorus:
G C G
Oh, deep in my heart
C D Em
I do believe
G C G D G
We’ll walk hand in hand some day
Verse 3:
G C G
We shall all be free
G C G
We shall all be free
G C Em A D D7
We shall all be free some day
Chorus:
G C G
Oh, deep in my heart
C D Em
I do believe
G C G D G
We shall all be free some day
Verse 4:
G C G
We are not afraid
G C G
We are not afraid
G C Em A D D7
We are not afraid to day
Chorus:
G C G
Oh, deep in my heart
C D Em
I do believe
G C G D G
We are not afraid to day
Wildfire
Watchhouse
Intro:
A G D
Verse 1:
A G
Brave men fall with a battle cry
D
Tears fill the eyes of their loved ones
A
and their brothers in arms
G D
So it went for Joseph Warren
A G
It should have been different, it could have been easy
D
His rank could have saved him
A
but a country unborn needs bravery
G D
and it spread like wildfire
Chorus:
A G D
Wild…..fire
Verse 2:
A G
From the ashes grew sweet liberty
D
Like the seeds from the pines when the forest burns
A G D
they open up, grow, and burn again
A G
It should have been different, it could have been easy
D
But too much money rolled in
A
to ever end slavery
G D
the cry for war spread like wildfire
Chorus X 2
Verse 3:
A G
The civil war came and the civil war went
D
Brother fought brother - the south was spent
A G
but it’s true demise was hatred
D
passed on through the years
A G
It should have been different, it could have been easy
D A
But pride has a way of holding too firm to history
G D
And it burns like wildfire
Chorus X 2
Verse 4:
A G
I was born a southern son
D
In a small southern town where the rebels run wild
A G
They beat their chest and they swear they’re gonna
D
rise again
A G
It should have been different, it could have been easy
D
The day that old Warren died,
A
hate should’ve gone with him
G D
but here we are, caught in a wildfire
Chorus X 3 + Chorus (A CAPPELLA)