Oh Had I A Golden Thread

Credit goes to the late "Spike" at Spike's Music Forum for this tab.(http:// spikesmusic-folk.spike-jamie.com/Pete-Seeger.html) OH HAD I A GOLDEN THREAD AND NEEDLE SO FINE I’D WEAVE A MAGIC STRAND OF RAINBOW DESIGN OF RAINBOW DESIGN IN IT I’D WEAVE THE BRAVERY OF WOMEN GIVING BIRTH IN IT I WOULD WEAVE THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN OVER ALL THE EARTH CHILDREN OF ALL EARTH FAR OVER THE WATERS I’D REACH MY MAGIC BAND THROUGH FOREIGN CITIES TO EVERY SINGLE LAND TO EVERY LAND SHOW MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS MY RAINBOW DESIGN BIND UP THIS SORRY WORLD WITH HAND AND HEART AND MIND HAND AND HEART AND MIND FAR OVER THE WATERS I’D REACH MY MAGIC BAND TO EVERY HUMAN BEING SO THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND SO THEY’D UNDERSTAND I’D WEAVE AN END TO BUNS AND BOMBS BURY THEM UNDER CONCRETE FLOORS THE DAYS OF ANGER END AND THERE BE NO MORE WARS THERE BE NO MORE (This verse by Bill Goodman, in Chicago) I’D WEAVE A LAND OF PARKS WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE AT PEACE THE LAND WILL BE SPARKLING CLEAN AND THERE BE A CLEAR BREEZE AND THERE BE A CLEAR BREEZE IN IT I’D WEAVE THE DIGNITY OF FOLKS IN EVERY LAND IN IT I’D WEAVE JUSTICE TO STRENGTHEN EVERY STRAND EVERY STRAND (These two verses by Paula Belsey, in Oregon)