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