歌曲名 Three Chords And The Truth

歌手名 Ry Cooder

作词：Ry Cooder And Joachim Cooder

作曲：Ry Cooder And Joachim Cooder

I'm going to tell you a story right here

Huh you may not believe it

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night

standin' in the prison yard

They were taking poor Joe chained

and bound to a Utah firing squad

Well he turned and looked 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 quit yet

See they framed me on a killin'

charge you know I wouldn't lie to you

But the only crime here that

I done was three chords and the truth

Three chords and the truth

oh three chords and the truth

Well the only crime

that Joe Hill done was three chords and the truth

Well he sang his good old union songs

he got his message through

But they couldn't stand to hear a workingman

sing three chords and the truth

I see you don't believe you're old friend Buddy here

Heh take a drink I think you need it

Oh J Edgar Hoover liked to hear the darkies sing

till one man changed that all around

Paul Robeson was a man that you couldn't ignore

and that's what drove J Edgar down

He called up his New York Klan boyfriends sayin'

I got something good for you

Get right down there to Peekskill New York town

and kill three chords and the truth

Three chords and the truth oh three chords and the truth

Well the only crime you ever got from

Paul was three chords and the truth

Now if this is the land of democracy

I got one question for you

Why wasn't Paul Roberson set free on

three chords and the truth

I see you still don't believe it

I'll bother you one more time

I'll bother you one more time right mister

Now they took Pete Seeger before

the law and put him on the witness stand

But he stood right up to tyranny with just a banjo in his hand

Such a righteous banjo picker watchin' out for me and you

That was just a man who wouldn't back down

on three chords and the truth

Three chords and the truth three chords and the truth

Well the only crime Pete Seeger done

was three chords and the truth

Yah he sang his freedom songs real good

he's still getting his message through

Better check out old Pete Seeger on three chords and the truth

Three chords and the truth well its three chords and the truth

You'd check out your old friend

Buddy right now on three chords and the truth

Better check out old Harlan Howard personal friend of mine

Check out old Harlan on three chords and the truth

Thank you so much