Protest, Political & Social Commentary Songs

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19th Nervous Breakdown	Mick Jagger & Keith Richards	.pdf format
99 Luftballoons	Nena	.pdf format
99 Red Ballooons (English version)	Nena	.pdf format
Across The Lines	Tracy Chapman	.pdf format
Advertising Space	Robbie Williams	.pdf format
After The Gold Rush	Neil Young	.pdf format
Alabama	Neil Young	.pdf format
All I Want (I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister, to the tune of "Greenback Dollar")	Words by Jim Garland, Music by Hoyt Axton	.pdf format
Any King's Shilling	Elvis Costello	.pdf format
Aquarius	James Rado (Hair)	.pdf format
At The Zoo segues from A Hazy Shade Of Winter	Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)	.pdf format
Authority Song	John Cougar Mellencamp	.pdf format
Baby You're A Rich Man	John Lennon & Paul McCartney	.pdf format
Bad Moon Rising	John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)	.pdf format
The Battle Of Evermore	Led Zeppelin	.pdf format
Beds Are Burning	Midnight Oil	.pdf format
Big Yellow Taxi	Joni Mitchell	.pdf format
Biko	Peter Gabriel	.pdf format
Bitch	Meredith Brooks	.pdf format
Black And White	Three Dog Night	.pdf format
Bloody Well Right	Supertramp	.pdf format
Blowing In The Wind	Bob Dylan	.pdf format
Books Are Burning	XTC	.pdf format
But I Might Die Tonight	Cat Stevens	.pdf format
Cannons Of Christianity	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
The Cat's In The Cradle	Harry Chapin	.pdf format
Charlie And The M.T.A.	Traditional / The Kingston Trio	.pdf format
Conquistador	Gary Brooker & Keith Reid (Procol Harem)	.pdf format
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	John Lennon & Paul McCartney	.pdf format
Critic's Choice (needs chords)	Robert Lamm (Chicago)	.pdf format
The Cruel War	Traditional / Peter, Paul & Mary	.pdf format
Crystal Blue Persuasion	Tommy James & The Shondells	.pdf format
The Dangling Conversation	Simon & Garfunkel	.pdf format
Daniel	Elton John & Bernie Taupin	.pdf format
A Day In The Life	John Lennon & Paul McCartney	.pdf format
Day Is Done	Peter, Paul & Mary	.pdf format
Dear God	XTC	.pdf format
Dialogue	Robert Lamm (Chicago)	.pdf format
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?	Robert Lamm (Chicago)	.pdf format
The Downeaster "Alexa"	Billy Joel	.pdf format
Draft Dodger Rag	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
Eleanor Rigby	John Lennon & Paul McCartney	.pdf format
Everyday People	Sly & The Family Stone	.pdf format
Excitable Boy	Warren Zevon	.pdf format
Excuse Me, Mr.	Ben Harper	.pdf format
Family Affair	Sly & The Family Stone	.pdf format
Father And Son	Cat Stevens	.pdf format
Father Christmas	The Kinks	.pdf format
Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag	Country Joe MacDonald	.pdf format
Find The Cost Of Freedom segues to Ohio	Stephen Stills	.pdf format
Fool On The Hill	John Lennon & Paul McCartney	.pdf format
For My Lover	Tracy Chapman	.pdf format
Fortunate Son	John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)	.pdf format
For What It's Worth	Stephen Stills	.pdf format
Fragile	Sting	.pdf format
Games Without Frontiers	Peter Gabriel	.pdf format
Get Together	Chet Powers (Dino Valenti)/Youngbloods, Indigo Girls	.pdf format
The Ghost Of Tom Joad	Bruce Springsteen	.pdf format
Give Peace A Chance	John Lennon	.pdf format
God Save The People	Godspell/Stephen Schwarz	.pdf format
God's Comic	Elvis Costello	.pdf format
Good Company	Queen	.pdf format
Goodnight, Saigon	Billy Joel	.pdf format
The Great Mandella (Wheel Of Life)	Peter, Paul & Mary	.pdf format
Hair	James Rado (Hair)	.pdf format
Happy Christmas (War Is Over)	John Lennon	.pdf format
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall	Bob Dylan	.pdf format
Harry Truman	Robert Lamm (Chicago)	.pdf format
Heavy Horses	Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)	.pdf format
Here's To The State Of Mississippi	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
Here's To The State Of Richard Nixon	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
Hey, Nellie, Nellie	Sam Brown	.pdf format
Higher Ground	Stevie Wonder	.pdf format
Hobo's Lullaby	Woody Guthrie	.pdf format
I Ain't Marchin' Anymore	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing	New Seekers	.pdf format
I'd Love To Change The World	Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)	.pdf format
(Tell Me Why) I Don't Like Mondays	Bob Geldof (The Boomtown Rats)	.pdf format
I'm Gonna Be An Engineer	Peggy Seeger	.pdf format
If I Had A Hammer	Traditional	.pdf format
If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Bruce Cockburn	.pdf format
If I Had My Way - see Samson & Delilah	Rev. Gary Davis / Peter, Paul & Mary	.pdf format
If I Were Free	Jesse Winchester	.pdf format
Innocent Child	Mick Jones	.pdf format
Instant Karma	John Lennon	.pdf format
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	Michael Stipe/R.E.M.	.pdf format
Jack And Diane	John Cougar Mellencamp	.pdf format
Janie's Got A Gun	Aerosmith	.pdf format
Jefferson And Liberty	Traditional American	.pdf format
Just A Girl	No Doubt	.pdf format
The Klan	Traditional	.pdf format
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream	Ed McCurdy	.pdf format
Lather	Jefferson Airplane	.pdf format
Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)	Melanie	.pdf format
Le Deserteur	Boris Vian / Peter, Paul & Mary	.pdf format
Let Him Dangle	Elvis Costello	.pdf format
Let There Be Peace On Earth	Jill Jackson & Sy Miller	.pdf format
Like A Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan	.pdf format
Little Boxes	Traditional	.pdf format
Living On A Thin Line	The Kinks	.pdf format
Logical Song	Supertramp	.pdf format
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma	Melanie	.pdf format
Lowdown	Peter Cetera & Danny Seraphine (Chicago)	.pdf format
Lucky Man	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	.pdf format
Luka	Suzanne Vega	.pdf format
Masters Of War	Bob Dylan	.pdf format
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard	Paul Simon	.pdf format
The Men Behind The Guns	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	.pdf format
Midnight Special	Leadbelly	.pdf format
The Moneygoround	The Kinks	.pdf format
Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	.pdf format
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Robbie Robertson (The Band)	.pdf format
Nikita	Elton John & Bernie Taupin	.pdf format
Not An Addict	K's Choice	.pdf format
(Nothing But) Flowers	Talking Heads	.pdf format
Oh, Freedom	Traditional American	.pdf format
Ohio segues from Find The Cost Of Freedom	Neil Young	.pdf format
Old Man	Neil Young	.pdf format
Old Time Religion ("20 zillion verses" version)	Traditional / new lyricists unknown	.pdf format
One	U2	.pdf format
One Love (People Get Ready)	Bob Marley	.pdf format
One Of Us	Eric Bazilian / Joan Osborne	.pdf format
One Tin Soldier	Dennis Lambert & Brian Porter	.pdf format
One Way Or Another	Blondie	.pdf format
Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
Paradise	Traditional	.pdf format
Peace Frog	The Doors	.pdf format
Peace Train	Cat Stevens	.pdf format
People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield original version)	Curtis Mayfield	.pdf format
People Get Ready (Eva Cassidy cover version)	Curtis Mayfield / Eva Cassidy	.pdf format
Pink Houses	John Cougar Mellencamp	.pdf format
Political Science	Randy Newman	.pdf format
Power And The Glory	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
Pride (In The Name Of Love)	U2	.pdf format
Psycho Killer	Talking Heads	.pdf format
Radio Ga-Ga	Queen	.pdf format
Radio, Radio	Elvis Costello	.pdf format
Real Good For Free	Joni Mitchell	.pdf format
Revolution	John Lennon & Paul McCartney	.pdf format
The Riflemen's Song At Bennington	Traditional American	.pdf format
Right Here, Right Now	Jesus Jones	.pdf format
Roland, The Headless Thompson Gunner	Warren Zevon	.pdf format
Russians	Sting	.pdf format
Salvation	The Cranberries	.pdf format
Samson & Delilah - a.k.a. "If I Had My Way"	Rev. Gary Davis / Peter, Paul & Mary	.pdf format
Save The People	Godspell/Stephen Schwarz	.pdf format
Scarborough Fair/Canticle	Simon & Garfunkel	.pdf format
School	Supertramp	.pdf format
Shaking The Tree	Peter Gabriel	.pdf format
Shambala	Three Dog Night	.pdf format
Shipbuilding	Elvis Costello	.pdf format
Short People	Randy Newman	.pdf format
Signs	The Five Man Electrical Band	.pdf format
Sing A Mean Tune, Kid	Robert Lamm (Chicago)	.pdf format
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Kurt Cobain	.pdf format
Sound Of Silence	Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)	.pdf format
Southern Man	Neil Young	.pdf format
Springhill Mine Disaster	Luke Kelly	.pdf format
Subterranean Homesick Blues	Bob Dylan	.pdf format
Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home	Sinead O'Connor	.pdf format
Sunday, Bloody, Sunday	U2	.pdf format
Sunny Came Home	Shawn Colvin	.pdf format
Sweet Home Alabama	Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King & Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)	.pdf format
Sympathy For The Devil	The Rolling Stones	.pdf format
Synchronicity I	Sting	.pdf format
Talkin' About A Revolution	Tracy Chapman	.pdf format
Teach Your Children	Crosby, Stills & Nash	.pdf format
That Was The President	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be	Carly Simon	.pdf format
There But For Fortune	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
This Land Is Your Land	Woody Guthrie	.pdf format
The Thresher	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
The Times They Are A-Changing	Bob Dylan/Peter, Paul & Mary	.pdf format
Tramp The Dirt Down	Elvis Costello	.pdf format
Turn The Page	Bob Seger	.pdf format
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
Union Maid	Woody Guthrie	.pdf format
Universal Soldier	Buffy Saint-Marie	.pdf format
Veronica	Elvis Costello	.pdf format
Victoria	The Kinks	.pdf format
Walking In Your Footsteps	Sting	.pdf format
War Child	The Cranberries	.pdf format
The Wearing Of The Green	Traditional Irish	.pdf format
Welcome To The Black Parade	My Chemical Romance	.pdf format
A Well-Respected Man	Ray Davies / The Kinks	.pdf format
We Shall Overcome	Zilpha Hort, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan & Pete Seeger	.pdf format
What Have They Done To The Rain?	Malvina Reynolds	.pdf format
What I Am	Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians	.pdf format
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding	Nick Lowe & Elvis Costello	.pdf format
What's That I Hear?	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
What's Up?	Linda Perry (4 Non-Blondes)	.pdf format
When I'm Gone	Phil Ochs	.pdf format
Where Have All The Flowers Gone	Traditional	.pdf format
White Rabbit	Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)	.pdf format
Wooden Ships	David Crosby	.pdf format
Woodstock	Joni Mitchell / Crosby, Stills & Nash	.pdf format
The Work Of The Weavers	David Shaw	.pdf format
Yes, We Can, Can	Allen Toussaint / Pointer Sisters	.pdf format
You Can't Always Get What You Want	The Rolling Stones	.pdf format
Zak And Sara	Ben Folds	.pdf format
Zombie	The Cranberries	.pdf format

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