Lyrics copied from http://www.insurgentcountry.com/tom_rush_i_d_like_to_know.txt

I'D LIKE TO KNOW
(Woody Guthrie)

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  Why do your warships ride on my waters?
  C                       D7            G7
  Why do these bombs fall down from the sky?
  C                  F            C
  Why do you burn my towns and my cities?
  C                 G7          C
  I'd like to know. I'd like to know.

I'd like to know, friend. I'd like to know.
Hungry lips ask me wherever I go.
Comrades and friends fallen around me,
I'd like to know. I'd like to know.

You locked me in jail. You threw me in prison.
Your hospital packed, your asylums are full.
Where is my food, my soap, and my warm clothes?
I'd like to know. I'd like to know.

Why are your warships all death to my people?
Nitro explosives, cannons, and bombs.
Where have you taken my sons and my daughters?
I'd like to know. I'd like to know.

[As sung by Tom Rush on "Tom Rush", 1965 Elektra Records]