Tonart: C major
Verse 1
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
G
Not while I'm around with all
the love that I've got
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
G
Not while I'm around
Verse 2
Am
G
C
I met a man the other day
Am
G
His head was bald,
C
Am
his hair was gray
Bdim
Am
G
He said, I've got something to say
Bdim
Am
G
Before I let you go your way
Verse 3
Am
G
C
Said he was there in a struggle
Am
G
Had his share of getting
C
Am
in good trouble
Bdim
Am
G
He'd seen how hate can go from subtle
Bdim
Am
G
into a deadly boiling bubble
Verse 4
C
Reach 'em young and teach 'em right
F
Am
G
Speak the truth and seek the light
C
Change won't happen overnight
F
Am
G
But you must wage a peaceful fight
F
For all the power to the people
G
God made everybody equal
Am
Stand up tall and yell to all from high
G
Bm
up on the mountain top
Verse 5
C
F
C
my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
G
Not while I'm around with all
the love that I've got
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
G
Not while I'm around
G
Verse 6
Am
C
Am
lunchtime clashes
G
C
Bdim
Grown up to be neo- fascists
Am
G
Separate us into classes
Bm
Am
And start more wars that end
G
Am
in ashes
G
C
But you can march and you can yell
Am
G
C
Tell the president to go to hell
Bm
Bdim
Am
'Cause all his rich friends
Bdim
Am
G
You'll boycott everything they sell
Verse 7
C
The greed of businessmen at work
F
Am
G
The selfish need to be ranked first
C
F
Pollutes our air and poisons earth
Am
And leaves our sacred waters cursed
G
F
But God made everybody equal
G
So fight for power to the people
Am
And make a vow you won't allow
G
another mother's tear to drop
Verse 8
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
Not while I'm around with all
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
G
Not while I'm around
C
F
Am
Not on my watch
G
C
F
Am
Not on my watch
G
F
Not on my watch
G
Am
G
Verse 9
Am
G
C
What will you do with what I've told you?
Am
G
C
Will you be brave? Will you be bolder?
Bdim
Am
G
Don't wait until like me you're old
Bm
Bdim
Am
G
And it's too late to save your soul
Verse 10
Am
G
C
Let me tell you now my son
Am
G
The devil's work is never
C
Bdim
done
Am
G
You're still young, you've just begun
Bdim
Am
G
You must keep fighting till we've won
C
F
One day you're gonna be much older
Am
G
And if this battle isn't over,
C
F
grab a youngster by the shoulder
Am
G
And show them how to be a soldier
Verse 11
F
Teach them strategy and planning
of war from fanning
Am
Really all we are demanding is kindness,
G
love, and understanding
And I won't take anything less
Verse 12
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
Not while I'm around with all
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
G
Not while I'm around
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
Not while I'm around with all
C
F
C
Not on my watch, oh not on my watch
Dm
G
Not while I'm around
Not on my watch
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