Hallelujah Im A Bum Acordes

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]
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Oh, bums of the earth,
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You got nothing to lose,
        A                               E
But the chains and the tear gas and the Dick Nixon blues.
 
[Chorus]
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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]
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When he first called us bums,
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Didn't know what he meant,
        A                           E
But the Guard has defined it on the campus at Kent.
 
[Chorus]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Why, they're all our kids,
         A
And they stand straight and tall,
          A                              E
Yeah, but one of these days, there'll be no more at all.
 
[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 5]
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Well, Cordier and Brewster,
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You can say what you like,
         A                 E
But just tell Mr. Nixon us bums are on strike.
 
[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 6]
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From Austin, to Boston,
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And Haverford too,
     A                         E
From Berkeley to Brooklyn, and Kalamazoo!
 
[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 7]
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Why, Spiro's no bum,
    A
I'm sure you'll agree that's true,
       A                             E
But he sits up nights wondering what Kim's gonna do!
 
[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 8]
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Well, I hate the system,
        A
And the system hates me,
    A                           E
And that's why I'm fighting for my liberty!
 
[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 9]
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Well now, Mexico's hot,
             A
And they say Canada's cold,
                                   E
So I will stay here and fight if I never get old.
 
[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 10]
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Well, power corrupts,
   A
We know that by heart,
        A                  E
But you got to admit Nixon had a head start.
 
[Chorus]
     A
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
     A              E
Hallelujah, who are you?
     A                                    E        A
Hallelujah, keep on breathing, and you'll be a bum too.
 
[Verse 11]
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Well, some say his name is Slippery Dick,
        A                                        E
Well, I guess he's no bum, but he sure is some...president.
 
[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 12]
     A
Hey, we could spring Huey and Bobby from jail,
     A                    E
With Julie and Tricia for ransom and bail.
 
[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!
 
All power to the bums!
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