Tom: C
INTRO: G
God of the poor man, this is how the day began
D G Am
Eight co-defendants, I, Daniel Berrigan
F C Am
Oh, and only a layman’s batch of Napalm
F
We pulled the draft files out
Dm G
We burned them in the parking lot
F C Em
Better the files than the bodies of children
CHORUS:
C Am D G
I had no right, but for the love of you___
C Am D
I had no right, but for the love of you___
G
Many roads led here, walked with the suffering
D G Am
Tom in Guatemala, Phillip in New Orleans
F C Am
Oh, it’s a long road from law to justice
F
I went to Vietnam
Dm G
I went for peace, they dropped their bombs
F C Em
Right where my government knew I would be
CHORUS:
C Am D G
I had no right, but for the love of you___
C Am D Am
I had no right, but for the love of you___
BRIDGE:
F Am
And all my country saw
F
Were priests who broke the law
G
First it was a question, then it was a mission
D G Am
How to be American, how to be a Christian
F C Em
Oh, if the law is their cross and the cross is burning
CHORUS:
C Am D G
Hey hey hey hey he hey, the love of you___
C Am D
Hey hey hey hey he hey, the love of you___
G
God of the just, I’ll never win a peace prize
D G Am
Falling like Jesus, now let the jury rise
F C Am
Oh, it’s all of us versus all that paper
F Dm G
They took the only way they know, who is on trial today
F C Em
Deliver us unto each other, I pray
CHORUS:
C Am D G
I had no right, but for the love of you___
C Am D
And every trial I stood, I stood for you___
G
Eyes on the trial
8 a.m. arrival
Hands on the bible
