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| Oh, my | name it means | no | thing, and my | age it means | less |
| G | C | F | Em | Am | |
| For the | country I | come | from is | called the Mid | west |
| G | C | F | C | F | C | |
| I was | taught and brought | up | there, the | laws to a | bide |
| F | Em | G | F | C | |
| And that the land I | live | in has | God | on its | side |
| Oh, the history books tell it, they tell it so well |
| The cavalry charged and the Indians fell |
| The cavalry charged and the Indians died |
| Oh the country was young then, with God on its side |
| The Spanish-American war had its day |
| And the Civil War too was soon laid away |
| And the names of the heroes I was made to memorize |
| With guns in their hands and God on their side |
| Oh, the first World War, well it came and it went |
| And the reason for fighting I never did get |
| But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride |
| For you don't count the dead with God on your side |
| When the second World War came to an end |
| We forgave the Germans and then we were friends |
| Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried |
| The Germans now too have God on their side |
| I've learned to hate Russians all through my whole life |
| If another war comes, 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 our side |
| But now we've got weapons of the chemical dust |
| If fire them we're forced to, then fire them we must |
| One push of the button and a shot the world wide |
| And you never ask questions with God on your side |
| In many a dark hour I've been thinking 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 |
| So now as I'm leaving, I'm weary as hell |
| The confusion I'm feeling, ain't no tongue can tell |
| The words fill my head and fall to the floor |
| If God's on our side, He'll stop the next war |