I'm to tell you a story right here Huh, you may not it
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, standin' in the yard were taking poor Joe, chained and bound, to a Utah firing squad Well he turned and at me right then, sayin', Don't you be misled They're trying to tear our free speech down, and Buddy, they ain't near yet See, they framed me on a killin' charge, you know I lie to you But the only crime here that I done was three and the truth
Three chords and the truth, oh three and the truth Well the only crime that Joe Hill done was chords and the truth Well he sang his good old union songs, he got his message But they couldn't stand to hear a workingman sing three chords and the
I see you don't believe old friend Buddy here Heh, take a drink, I think you it
Oh J. Edgar Hoover to hear the darkies sing, till one man changed that all around Paul was a man that you couldn't ignore, and that's what drove J. Edgar down (Yah him down) He called up his New York Klan boyfriends, sayin', I got good for you Get right down there to Peekskill, New York town, and kill three and the truth
Three chords and the truth, oh, chords and the truth Well the only crime you ever got from Paul was chords and the truth Now if is the land of democracy, I got one question for you Why wasn't Paul Roberson set free on chords and the truth?
I see you still believe it I'll bother you one time I'll bother you one more time, mister
Now they took Pete Seeger the law and put him on the witness stand But he stood right up to with just a banjo in his hand Such a righteous picker, watchin' out for me and you That was just a man who wouldn't back on three chords and the truth
chords and the truth, three chords and the truth Well the crime Pete Seeger done was three chords and the truth Yah, he his freedom songs real good, he's still getting his message through Better check out old Seeger on three chords and the truth
Three chords and the truth, well its three and the truth Well you better check out your old friend Buddy right now on three chords and the
Better check out old Harlan Howard, personal friend of Check out old Harlan on chords and the truth ?