If I Had A Hammer

If I had a C hammer
FI’d Ghammer in the Cmorning
I’d hammer in the evening
All over this Gland
I’d hammer out Cdanger
FI’d Ghammer out a Amwarning F
I’d hammer out Clove between
My Fbrothers and my Gsisters
CAll F    Gover this Cland

If I had a bell
I’d ring it in the morning
I’d ring it in the evening
All over this land
I’d ring out danger
I’d ring out a warning
I’d ring out love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land, oh
If I had a song
I’d sing it in the morning
I’d sing it in the evening
All over this land
I’d sing out danger
I’d song of out a warning
I’d sing out love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land, oh
Well, I’ve got a hammer
And I’ve got a bell
And I’ve got a song to sing
All over this land
It’s the hammer of justice
It’s the bell of freedom
It’s a song about love between
My brothers and my sisters
All over this land
It’s a hammer of justice
It’s a bell of freedom
It’s a song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

Ohio

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Am      C      G   x4

AmTin soldiers and CNixon Gcoming,
AmWe’re finally Con our Gown.
AmThis summer I Chear the Gdrumming,
AmFour dead in COhiGo.

Am        C           G x4

Am na na na Cna na Gna na x4

DmGotta get down to it
GSoldiers are cutting us down
DmShould have been done long Gago.
DmWhat if you knew her
GAnd found her dead on the ground
DmHow can you run when you Gknow?

AmTin soldiers and CNixon Gcoming,
AmWe’re finally Con our Gown.
AmThis summer I Chear the Gdrumming,
AmFour dead in COhiGo. (8x)

 

The Times They Are A-Changin’

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Bob Dylan




Come Cgather 'round Ampeople wherFever you Croam
And adCmit that the Amwaters aFround you have Ggrown
And Caccept it that Amsoon you'll be Fdrenched to the Cbone
If your Ctime to Dmyou is worth Gsavin'
So you Gbetter start Fswimming or you'll Csink like a Gstone
For the Ctimes, Fthey are a-Gchang - Cin'


Come Cwriters and Amcritics whoFprophecise with your Cpen
And Ckeep your eyes Amwide the chanceFwon't come aGgain
And Cdon't speak too Amsoon for theFwheel's still in Cspin
And there's Cno tellin'Dmwho that it's Gnamin'
For the GloserFnow will be Clater to Gwin
For the Ctimes, Fthey are a-Gchang - Cin'

Come Csenators AmcongressmenFplease heed the Ccall
Don'tCstand in the Amdoorway don'tFblock up theGhall
ForChe that gets Amhurt will beFhe who has Cstalled
There's a Cbattle outDmside and it's Gragin'
It'llGsoon shake yourFwindows andCrattle yourGwalls
For the Ctimes, Fthey are a-Gchang - Cin'

Come Cmothers and AmfathersFthroughout the Cland
And Cdon't critiAmcize what youFdon't underGstand
Your Csons and your Amdaughters are beFyond your comCmand
YourCold road is Dmrapidly Gagin'
Please getGout of theFnew one if youCcan't lend a Ghand
For the Ctimes, Fthey are a-Gchang - Cin'


The Cline it is Amdrawn theFcurse it isCcast
The Cslow one Amnow willFlater beGfast
As the Cpresent Amnow will Flater be Cpast
The Corder is Dmrapidly Gfadin'
And the Gfirst oneFnow willClater be Glast
For the Ctimes, Fthey are a-Gchang - Cin'

Downpressor Man

Downpressor Man
 Peter Tosh
 
Verse:
AmYou gonna run to the sea, but the sea will be boiling
GWhen you run to the sea, the sea will be boiling
AmWhen you run to the sea, the sea will be boiling
GAll along that Amday

AmYou gonna run to the rocks, The rocks will be melting
GWhen you run to the rocks, The rocks will be melting
AmWhen you run to the rocks, The rocks will be melting
GAll along that Amday

So I said

Chorus: 
AmDownpressor man, where you gonna run to 
GDownpressor man, where you gonna run to
AmDownpressor man, where you gonna run to 
GAll along that Amday

Verse:
AmYou drink your big champagne and laugh 
GYou drink your big champagne and laugh
AmYou drink your big champagne and laugh 
GAll along that Amday

Verse:
AmI wouldn't like to be a flea, Under your collar man
GI wouldn't like to be a flea, Under your collar man
AmI wouldn't like to be a flea, Under your collar man
GAll along that Amday

AmYou can run but you can't hide
GYou can run but you can't hide
AmYou can run but you can't hide, telling them
GAll along that Amday

AmYou gonna run to the law, Beggin' to hide you
GYou gonna run to the law, Beggin' to hide you
AmYou gonna run to jah, Beggin' to hide you
GAll, all along that Amday

And I said 

Chorus:
Amdownpresser man, Where you gonna run to
GWhere you gonna run to 
Amdownpresser man, Where you gonna run to
GI said all along Along that day (downpresser man)

AmDownpresser man, 
GDownpresser man
AmDownpresser man,
GDownpresser man

AmWait, downpresser man, Where you gonna run to
GDownpresser man, I don't know where you gonna run to
GAll along that day

AmDownpresser man, You can't run, you can't bribe jah-jah Can't call him in a bar
GFe can drink some Devil soup
AmCan't bribe him to run a car now
GCan't test him faith
 
AmDownpresser man, don't, downpresser man
GI said, downpresser man, don't run, downpresser man
AmDownpresser man, where you gonna run to
GDownpresser man, You can't bribe no one
 
AmThem no want no money Them run'f money
G[That money gets funny

AmDownpresser man

A Change Is Gonna Come

 

A Change Is Gonna Come 
by Sam Cooke

[Verse 1]
      
I was Gborn by the river, in a little tent,                                            
Oh and,Am7just like that river, I've beenEmrunning ever since.         
It's been a Glong... a long time Am7coming, but I C7know, B7oh-oh-oh,
 EmA change is gonna come, Goh, yes it will.


[Verse 2]

It's been Gtoo hard living, but I'm afraid to die,
Am7'Cos I don't know what's out there, Embeyond the sky.
It's been a Glong... a long timeAm7coming, but I C7know, B7oh-oh-oh,
EmA change is gonna come,Goh, yes it will.


[Verse 3]

I Ggo to the movie and I go downtown,
Am7Somebody keep telling me, Emdon't hang around.
It's been a Glong... a long time Am7coming, but I C7know, B7oh-oh-oh,                          
EmA change is gonna come, Goh, yes it will.


[Bridge]

Am7Then I go to my Embrother,
And I say; Am7brother, help me Emplease.
But he Am7winds up, Emknockin' me,
A7Back down on my D7knees, oh...


[Verse 4]

There been Gtimes that I thought, I couldn't last for long,
Am7But now I think I'm able to Emcarry on.
It's been a Glong... a long time Am7coming, but I C7know,B7oh-oh-oh,
EmA change is gonna come, Goh, yes it will.

Map of Tasmania

Amanda Palmer

Perhaps not so much a protest song as a general song of empowerment and taking back the media… but isn’t that a form of protest?

Am7Oh. My. God. (Fuck it!)
D—-

Am7Oh. My. God. (Fuck it!)
D—-
Am7They don’t play the song on the radio
DThey don’t show the tits on the video
Am7They don’t know that we are the media
DThey don’t know that we start the mania
Am7Your eyes don’t want to see what I’m making you
DYour ass is off its seat and I’m shaking you
Am7Walking down the street I’m the lady – ah –
DShowing off my Map of Tasmania!
Am7Oh. My. God. (Fuck it!)
DShowin’ off my Map of Tasmania!
Am7Oh. My. God! (Fuck it!)
DShowin’ off my Map of Tasmania!
Am7Soft and sweet and shaped like a triangle
DSome folks want no shape and they shave it all
Am7That’s so whack, it hurts with the stubble
DWalking ’round and look like an eight-year-old
Am7I say grow that shit like a jungle
DGive ‘em something strong to hold onto
Am7Let it fly in the open wind
DIf it gets too bushy, you can trim
Am7Oh. My. God. (Fuck it!)
DShowin’ off my Map of Tasmania!
Am7Oh. My. God! (Fuck it!)
DShowin’ off my Map of Tasmania!
Am7They don’t play the song on the radio
DThey don’t show the tits on the video
Am7They don’t know that we are the media
DThey don’t know that we start the mania
Am7You eyes don’t want to see what I’m making you
DYour ass is off its seat and I’m shaking you
Am7Walking down the street I’m the lady – ah –
DShowing off my Map of Tasmaniaaaa!

If I Was President

If I Was President – Wyclef Jean

E —- G —- Am —- C x 2
Election time is comin
E —- G —- Am —- C x 2

[Chorus]
EIf I was Gpresident,
I’d get Amelected on CFriday, Eassassinated on GSaturday,
Amburied on CSunday.
EIf I was Gpresident…
AmIf I was Cpresident

EAn old Gman told me, instead Am of spending C billions on the war,
we E can use some G of that Ammoney, Cin the ghetto.
I Eknow Gsome so poor, Amwhen it rains Cthat’s when they shower,
EscreamingG “FIGHT THE POWER”.
That’s Amwhen the Cvulture devoured.

EIf I was Gpresident…
AmIf I was Cpresident

EBut the radio Gwon’t play this.
TheyAm call this Crebel music.
EHow can Gyou refAmuse itC, children of Moses?

[Chorus]

EIf I was Gpresident…
AmIf I was Cpresident

ETell the children Gthe truth, the truth!
AmChristopher ColuCmbus didn’t discover America.
EmTell them Gthe truth, the truth YEAH!
AmTell them aCbout Marcus Garvey.
ETell the children Gthe truth YEAH! the truth!
AmTell them aCbout Martin Luther King.
ETell them Gthe truth,
GThe Truth.
AmTell them aCbout JFK

[Chorus]

This Land is Your Land

This Land is Your Land

(Woody Guthrie)

Chorus

This land is Fyour land, this land is Cmy land
From CaliGfornia to the New York CIsland
From the Redwood FForest to the Gulf Stream Cwaters
GThis land was made for you and Cme.

Verse 1:
As I went Fwalking that ribbon of Chighway
I saw Gabove me that endless Cskyway
I saw beFlow me that golden Cvalley
GThis land was made for you and Cme

Repeat Chorus

Verse 2:
I roamed and I Frambled and I followed my Cfootsteps
To the sparkling Gsands of her diamond Cdeserts
While all aFround me a voice was C sounding
GThis land was made for you and Cme

Repeat Chorus

Verse 3:
When the sun came Fshining and I was Cstrolling
And the wheat fields Gwaving and the dust clouds Crolling
A voice wasFchanting as the fog was C lifting
GThis land was made for you and Cme

Repeat Chorus

Verse 4:
As I went Fwalking I saw a Csign there
And on theGsign it said “Private CProperty”
But on theFother side it didn’t say C nothing
GThat side was made for you and Cme

Repeat Chorus

Verse 4:
In the squares of theFcity, in the shadow of a C steeple
By the relief Goffice, I’d seen my Cpeople
As they stood thereF hungry, I stood there Casking
GIs this land made for you and Cme?

Repeat Chorus

 

We Shall Overcome

Pete Seeger, from Reverend Charles Tindley of Philadelphia

CWe shall FoverCcome
CWe shall FoverCcome
CWe shall FoverCcome Dsome G7day

Oh,Cdeep Fin my Cheart
FI G7do beAmlieve
CWe shall FoverCcome G7some Cday

CWe’ll walk Fhand in Chand
CWe’ll walk Fhand in Chand
CWe’ll walk Fhand in Chand Dsome G7day

Oh,Cdeep Fin my Cheart
FI G7do beAmlieve
CWe shall FoverCcome G7some Cday

CWe shall Fall be Cfree
CWe shall Fall be Cfree
CWe shall Fall be Cfree Dsome G7day

Oh,Cdeep Fin my Cheart
FI G7do beAmlieve
CWe shall FoverCcome G7some Cday

CWe are Fnot aCfraid
CWe are Fnot aCfraid
CWe are Fnot aCfraid Dsome G7day

Oh,Cdeep Fin my Cheart
FI G7do beAmlieve
CWe shall FoverCcome G7some Cday

CWe are Fnot aClone
CWe are Fnot aClone
CWe are Fnot aCloneDsome G7day

Oh,Cdeep Fin my Cheart
FI G7do beAmlieve
CWe shall FoverCcome G7some Cday>

Mississippi Goddam

Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone

GAlabama’s gotten me so upset

GTennessee made meAmlose my Drest

And Amevery-Bmbody Cknows a-Dbout EmMississAmippi

GGoddam

repeat

G7Can’t you see it, Can’t you feel it

CIt’s all in the air

A7I can’t stand the pressure much longer

DSomebody say a prayer

 

GAlabama’s gotten me so upset

GTennessee made meAmlose my Drest

And Amevery-Bmbody Cknows a-Dbout EmMississAmippi

GGoddam

 

EmHound dogs on my trail,

EmSchool children sitting in jail

C7Black cat cross Bmy path

EmI think every day’s gonna C7be my Emlast

 

EmLord have mercy on this land of mine

EmWe all gonna get it in due time

C7I don’t belong here, BI don’t belong there

EmI’ve even stopped beC7lieving in Emprayer

 

EmDon’t tell me, I’ll tell you

EmMe and my people just about due

C7I’ve been there Bso I know

EmThey keep on saying ‘Go slow!’

 

EmBut that’s just the trouble (‘Do it slow’)

EmWashing the windows (‘Do it slow’)

AmPicking the cotton (‘Do it slow’)

EmYou’re just plain rotten (‘Do it slow’)

F#You’re too damn lazy (‘Do it slow’)

C7The thinking’s crazy B(‘Do it slow’)

C7Where am I Bgoing , GWhat am I Adoing

AmI don’t know , DI don’t know

 

GJust try to do your very best

GStand up be Amcounted with Dall the rest

And Amevery-Bmbody Cknows a-Dbout EmMississAmippi

GGoddam

 

EmPicket lines, School boy cots

EmThey try to say it’s a communist plot

C7All I want is Bequality

EmFor my sister my brother C7my people Emand me

 

EmYes you lied to me all these years

EmYou told me to wash and clean my ears

C7And talk real fine Bjust like a lady

EmAnd you’d stop calling me Sister Sadie

 

EmMy country is full of lies

EmYou’re all gonna die and die like flies

C7I don’t trust you Bany more

EmYou keep on saying ‘Go slow!’

 

EmBut that’s just the trouble (‘Too slow’)

EmDesegregation (‘Too slow’)

AmMass participation (‘Too slow’)

EmReunification (‘Too slow’)

F#Do things gradually (‘Too slow’)

C7Will bring more B tragedy (‘Too slow’)

C7Why don’t youB see it , Gwhy don’t you Afeel it

AmI don’t know , DI don’t know

 

GYou don’t have to live next to me

GJust give me my AmequaAmlity

AmAnd Amevery-BbodyCknows D a-bout EmMississAmippi

AmAnd Amevery-BbodyCknows D a-bout EmAlaAmbama

AmAnd Amevery-BbodyCknows D a-bout EmMississ-Amippi

GGoddam