We Had To Move Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Had to move from our home
From our home in Ellenton
From our own family home,
had to [Dm]move[G]

[Verse 2]
[C]Government [G]claimed [C]dominion
Didn't ask [Cm]nobody's [C]opinion,
we had to [G]move
[Dm]E'rybody had to pack an' go
[C]'Cause the government [G]said so,
we had to move
[C][G][Dm]

[Verse 3]
[G]
When the rumors turned to fact
Then the whole town had to pack
All the white folks an' the black
had [Dm]to move[G][Dm][G]
When the [C]government claimed

[Verse 4]
the land
Every woman,
child an' man had to [Dm]move[G]
Everybody [Dm]had to pack an' go
[C]'Cause the govern[G]ment said so,
we had [Dm]to move
[G][Dm][G]

[Verse 5]
Some big shot politicians
Made them big cigar decisions
Didn't need our permission,
had to [Dm]move[G]

[Verse 6]
Buildin' [C]bomb factories
Stretchin' 'cross the three counties,
had [G]to move[C][G]
[C]Every[Dm]body had to pack an' go
[C]'Cause the govern[G]ment said so,
we had [C]to [G]move

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
All the churches had [G]to move
All the graveyards too

[Verse 8]
All the stores an' the schools had to move
[Dm]All the [G]sheds an[C]' the tools
All the cows an' the mules had to [G]moved
[C]Everybod[Dm]y had to pack an' go
[C]'Cause the government said [G]so,
we had to [C]move
[G][Dm][G][Dm]

[Verse 9]
[G][Dm][G]
Myers Mills, Hawthorne,
Dunbarton, all gone
While the ol' folks prayed on,
had to [Dm]move[G]
And [C]nothin'

[Verse 10]
we could do
When the government came
rollin' through
We had to [G]move

[Verse 11]
Every[Dm]body had to pack an' go
[C]'Cause the government
[G]said [C]so[G][Dm][G]
We had to move