My Name Is Liza Kalvelage chords and lyrics - PETE SEEGER

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[Verse 1]
[D]My name is Lisa Kalvelage, I
was [A]born in Nurember[D]g
And when [G]the trials were held
there nineteen years [D]ago
It seemed to me ridiculous to
hold a [A]nation all [D]to blame
For the [G]horrors that the world did undergo
[D]A short while lat[A]er when I
applied to [D]be a G. I. bride
An [G]American consular
official questioned [D]me
He re[A]fused my exit permit,
said my [D]answers did not show
I'd learned my [G]lesson about responsibility.
[D]

[Verse 2]
[D]Thus suddenly I was forced to
start [A]thinking on this [D]theme
And when [G]later I was permitted to emigrate
[D]I must have been asked a hundred
times where I [A]was and what [D]I did
In those [G]years when Hitler ruled our [D]state
I [A]said I was a child or at [D]most a teen-ager
But But that [G]only extended the questioning
[D]They'd ask, whe[A]re were my parents,
my [D]father, my mother
And to [G]this I could answer
not a thing.
[D]

[Verse 3]
The seed planted there at
Nuremberg [A]in [D]1947
[G]Started to sprout and to [D]grow
Gradually I understood what that
ver[A]dict meant [D]to me
When there are [G]crimes that I
can see and I can [D]know
And [A]now I also know what it is to
be [D]charged with mass guilt
[G]Once in a lifetime is enough for [D]me
[A]No, I could not take [D]it for a second time
[G]And that is why I am here today.
[D]

[Verse 4]
The events of May 25th, the
[A]day of our [D]protest,
Put a [G]small balance weight
on the other [D]side
Hopefully,
someday my [A]contribution to [D]peace
Will [G]help just a bit to turn the [D]tide
And [A]perhaps I can tell my [D]children six
And [G]later on their own chil[D]dren
That at [A]least in the future [D]they
need not be silent
When they are [G]asked,
"Where was your mother, when?"
[D]