A couple of weeks ago I got an email from a friend with a link to Pete Seeger performing a new song, "God's Countin' on Me, God's Countin' on You," that he wrote with Lorre Wyatt. The song, inspired by the Gulf oil spill and the current economic crisis, seems to me to be a fine political folk anthem of the kind you can make up verses on the fly to fit the situation. Pete performed it in the key of F, but I transposed it into D for my vocal range and for the fiddlers and mando players in my jams. Here it is: GOD'S COUNTIN' ON ME, GOD'S COUNTIN' ON YOU By Lorre Wyatt and Pete Seeger D When we look and we can see Things that should not be A7 God's countin' on me D God's countin' on you (Repeat verse) D G D A7 Hopin' we'll all pull through D F#7 Bm Hopin' we'll all pull through G D A7 Hopin' we'll all pull through D Me and you It's time to turn things around Trickle up not trickle down Don't give up, don't give in, There's a better world to win And when drill, baby, drill Turns to spill, baby, spill There's big problems to be solved, Let's get everyone involved When we sing with younger folks We can never give up hope Additional verses from YouTube version: Many wrong turns we have made Change the course, don't be afraid]] What we do now, you and me Will affect eternity And here are a couple of verses I've added: When the banks have all the bucks And the people are out of luck When they give us endless war We've gotta show them all the door Charles
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