Chords for Anne Feeney 3 "Have You Been To Jail For Justice?"

_ _ _ _ _ Frankly, if we think those gangsters who gathered for that health care summit are going to do
anything for us on the health care front, we'd be thinking again.
The only way they're going to hear us is if we take to the streets.
I know there are a lot of you here who have some experience doing that, so I think you
can testify with me.
We have wonderful free speech rights in this country, as long as we exercise those rights
ineffectively.
_ _ Our conduct might actually affect the outcome of anything.
It's [C] amazing how quickly we can be surrounded by police and paddy wagons.
So I decided [C#] if I was going to make a career out of [A#] this activism thing, I should have
a song we could sing on our way to jail.
[A] _
I'm gay.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [B] What does it [A] say, Sir [D] Chavez?
Maybe it was Dorothy [A] Day. _
Some will say Dr.
[F#m] King or Gandhi set them [E] on their way.
[D]
I don't [A] know who your mentors are, [C#] it's pretty plain [F#m] to see.
If you've been to [F#] jail for justice, you're in good [E] company.
Have you [A] been to jail for justice?
I want [A] to shake your hand.
[F#m] Sitting in and lying down [B] are ways to [E] take a stand.
[D] Have you sung this [A] song for freedom [D#] or marched that picket [A] line?
Have you been to jail for justice, [B] oh, you're [A] a friend of mine.
_ _ You law-abiding citizens, listen to this song.
_ [F#m] Laws were made by [B] people and people can [E] be wrong, so wrong.
[A] Once unions were against the law, [C#] but slavery [F#m] was fine.
[B] Women were [F#m] denied the vote and children worked the mines.
[A] The more you study history, [C#] the less you can [F#m] deny it.
A rotten law stays on the books, [E] but folks like us [F#] defy it.
[A] Have you been to jail for justice?
[D] I want to shake [A] your hand.
[F#] Sitting in and [F#m] lying down are [B] ways to take a stand.
[D] Have you sung this song for freedom [C#] or marched that picket [D] line?
Have [A] you been to jail for justice, [F#] oh, you're a friend [A] of mine. _ _
And the law's supposed to serve us and so are the police.
[F#] When that [F#m] system fails, it's up to us to [E] speak our peace.
It takes [A] eternal vigilance [G#m] for justice to [D] prevail.
So [A] get courage from your convictions.
Let them haul you [A] off to jail.
_ Have you been to jail for justice?
[D] I want to shake your [A] hand.
_ Sitting in [F#m] and lying down [B] are ways to [E] take a stand.
[D] Have you sung this [A] song for freedom [G#m] or marched that [F#m] picket line?
[A] Have you been to jail for justice?
Will you go to jail for [D] justice?
Have you been to jail for justice, [E] oh, you're [A] a friend of mine.
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