Tonart: G major
Verse 1
D
G
We didn't know at all,
C
G
we didn't see a thing.
You can't hold us to blame,
A
D
what could we do?
G
It was a terrible shame,
C
but we can't bear the blame.
G
C
D
G
Oh no, not us we didn't know.
C
We didn't know, the Burgermeister,
G
D
G
about those camps on the edge of town.
C
It was Hitler and his crew
G
D
that tore the German nation down.
Em
We saw the cattle, cars, it's true
G
D
G
And maybe they carried a Jew or two
Em
They woke us up as they rattled through
G
D
G
But what did you expect me to do?
We didn't know it all,
C
G
we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame,
A
D
what could we do?
G
It was a terrible shame,
C
but we can't bear the blame
G
C
D
G
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
C
We didn't know, the congregation,
G
D
G
singing a hymn in the Church of White.
C
The press was full of lies about us.
G
D
Preacher told us we were right.
G
Em
The outside agitators came.
G
They burned some churches
and they put the blame
Em
on decent southern people's names
G
D
G
to set our colored folks aflame.
Em
And maybe some of our boys got hot
G
D
and a couple of niggers and reds got shot
G
Em
and should have stayed where they belong.
G
A preacher would have told us
D
G
if we'd done wrong.
We didn't vote at all,
C
G
we didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame,
A
D
what could we do?
G
It was a terrible shame,
C
but we can't bear the blame
G
C
D
G
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
C
We didn't know, the puzzle voter
G
D
watching the president on TV
G
C
I guess we gotta drop those bombs
G
D
if we're gonna keep South Asia free
G
Em
The president's such a peaceful man,
G
D
G
I guess he's got some kind of plan.
Em
They say we're torturing prisoners of war,
G
but I don't believe that
D
G
stuff no more.
Em
Torturing prisoners is a communist game,
G
D
G
and you can bet they're do ing the same.
Em
I wish this war was over and through,
G
D
G
but what do you expect me to do?
We didn't know it all,
C
G
we didn't see a thing.
You can't hold us to blame.
A
D
What could we do?
G
It was a terrible shame.
C
But we can't bear the blame
G
C
D
G
Oh no, not us, we didn't know
We didn't know at all
C
G
We didn't see a thing
You can't hold us to blame
A
D
What could we do?
G
It was a terrible shame
C
But we can't bear the blame
G
C
D
G
Oh no, not us, we didn't know you
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