With God On Our Side


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE written by Bob Dylan performed by Manfred Mann tab transcribed by Collins Crapo Time: 3/4 A / / D - - A - - 2 - / E7 / / A / / 2 / / 3 / D A E7 A My name, it is nothing; my age, it means less F#m D A The country I come from is a part of the free West F#m D A I was taught and brought up there, its laws to abide D A E7 A And that the land that I live in has God on its side Verse 2: 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 Verse 3: 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 Verse 4: 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 Verse 5: 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 Verse 6: 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 Verse 7 (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