Tono: E
Introducción: E A E B7 E A E B7 E C#m E B7 E C#m E B7 E
E
We didn't know at all
A E
We didn't see a thing.
You can't hold us to blame -
F# B7
What could we do?
E
It was a terrible shame,
A
But we can't bear the blame.
E A B7 E
Oh no, not us, we didn't know.
E A
"We didn't know", said the congregation,
E B7 E
Singing a hymn in a church of white.
A
"The Press was full of lies about us,
E B7 E
Preacher told us we were right.
C#m
The outside agitators came
E B7 E
They burned some churches and put the blame
C#m
On decent southern people's names,
E B7 E
To set our colored people aflame.
C#m
And maybe some of our boys got hot,
E B7 E
And a couple of niggers and reds got shot,
C#m
They should have stayed where they belong -
E B7 E
The preacher would've told us if we'd done wrong."
E
We didn't know at all
A E
We didn't see a thing.
You can't hold us to blame -
F# B7
What could we do?
E
It was a terrible shame,
A
But we can't bear the blame.
E A B7 E
Oh no, not us, we didn't know.
E A
"We didn't know", said the puzzled voter,
E B7 E
Watching the President on TV.
A
"I guess we've got to drop those bombs,
E B7 E
If we're gonna keep South Asia free.
C#m
The President's such a peaceful man,
E B7 E
I guess he's got some kind of plan.
C#m
They say we're torturing prisoners of war,
E B7 E
But I don't believe that stuff no more.
C#m
Torturing prisoners is a communist game,
E B7 E
And You can bet they're doing the same.
C#m
I wish this war was over and through,
E B7 E
But what do you expect me to do?"
E
We didn't know at all
A E
We didn't see a thing.
You can't hold us to blame -
F# B7
What could we do?
E
It was a terrible shame,
A
But we can't bear the blame.
E A B7 E
Oh no, not us, we didn't know.