Hallelujah Im A Bum - Barbara Dane Chords
Chords: GIs, A, E, From
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Genre: blues, folk, jazz
From FTA!: Songs of the GI Resistance, sung by Barbara Dane with active duty
GIs (1970).
This rewritten song was inspired by comments President Nixon made in 1970
about "bums on campus."
Cordier and Brewster were the presidents of Columbia and Yale, respectively.
Kim was Vice President Spiro Agnew's 14-year-old daughter, who wanted to wear
a black armband and
march on Moratorium Day.
[Verse 1]
A
Oh, bums of the earth,
A
You got nothing to lose,
A E
But the chains and the tear gas and the Dick Nixon blues.
[Chorus]
A
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
A E
Hallelujah, who are you?
A E A
Hallelujah, keep on breathing, you can be a bum too.
[Verse 2]
A
When he first called us bums,
A
Didn't know what he meant,
A E
But the Guard has defined it on the campus at Kent.
[Chorus]
A
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
A E
Hallelujah, who are you?
A E A
Hallelujah, keep on breathing, you can be a bum too.
[Verse 3]
A
Well, Dick loves his soldiers,
A
Yes, and he always will,
A E
And that's why he's sending you off to be killed.
[Chorus]
A
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
A E
Hallelujah, who are you?
A E A
Hallelujah, speak your mind, you can be a bum too.
[Verse 4]
A
Why, they're all our kids,
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