Joan Baez has recorded this in varying keys, most of them lower than this, such as in Bb. The (Em F G) sections in the fifth line of every verse can be optional. If you prefer not to use those, simply use the same chords as the third lines (G and C). You may also use the fifth line chords in the third lines of every verse.

^COh my name it is ^Fno^Emthin' My ^Gage it means ^Cless And the ^Gcountry I ^Ccome from Is ^Fcalled the Mid^Cwest (Em F G) C I was taught and brought up there The ^Flaws to a^Cbide And that the land that I ^Flive ^Emin Had ^GGod on its ^Cside.

^COh the history books ^Ftell ^Emit They ^Gtell it so ^Cwell The ^Gcavalries ^Ccharged The ^FIndians ^Cfell (Em F G) C The cavalries charged The ^FIndians ^Cdied Oh the ^Ccountry was ^Fyo^Emung With ^GGod on its ^Cside.

^CWell the Spanish-^FAmeri^Emcan ^GWar had its ^Cday And the ^GCivil War ^Ctoo Was ^Fsoon laid ^Caway (Em F G) C And the names of the heroes I was ^Fmade to memo^Crize With guns in their ^Fha^Emnds And ^GGod on their ^Cside.

Well the First World War, boys It came and it went And the reason for fighting I never did get But I learned to accept it And accept it with pride For you don't count the dead When God's on your side. And Second World War It came to an end We forgave the Germans And called them our friends Though they murdered six million In the ovens they fried So the Germans now too Have God on their side. Now I've learned to hate Russians All through my whole life If another war starts It's them we must fight To hate them and fear them To run and to hide And accept it all bravely With God on my side. And now we've got weapons Of the chemical dust And if fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of the button And it's shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side. For many dark hours I thought about this That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss But I can't do it for you You'll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side. And now as I'm leavin' I'm weary as Hell The confusion I'm feelin' Ain't no tongue can tell The words fill my head They fall to the floor If God is on our side He'll stop the next war.

Joan Baez - With god on our side