My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage Chords

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
My [G]name is Lisa Kalvelage, I was
born in Nuremberg
And when the [C]trials were held
there nineteen [G]years ago
It seemed to me ridiculous to
hold a nation all to blame
For the [C]horrors that the world did undergo
[G]A short while later w[D]hen I applied
[G]to be a G. I. bride
[C]An American consular
official questioned [G]me
He refused my [D]exit permit,
said my [G]answers did not show
I'd learned [C]my lesson about
[G]responsibility.

[Verse 2]
Thus [G]suddenly I was forced to
start [D]thinking on [G]this theme
And when [C]later I was permitted to emigrate
[G]I must have been asked a hundred
times where I was and what I did
In those [C]years when Hitler ruled [G]our state
I said I [D]was [G]a child or at most a teen- ager
[C]But that only extended
[G]the questioning
They'd ask, where [D]were my parents,
[G]my father, my mother
And to [C]this I could answer
not a [G]thing.

[Verse 3]
[G]The seed planted there
at Nuremberg in [C]1947
Started to sprout [G]and to grow
Gradually I understood what that
verdict meant to me
When there [C]are crimes that I can
see and [G]I can know
And now [D]I also know what it is
[G]to be charged with mass guilt
[C]Once in [G]a lifetime is enough for me
No, I could not take it
for a second time
And that is why [C]I am here
[G]today.

[Verse 4]
[G]The events of May 25th, the
day of our protest,
[C]Put a small balance [G]weight
on the other side
Hopefully,
someday my contribution to peace
[C]Will help just a bit to tur[G]n the tide
And perhaps [D]I c[G]an tell my children six
[C]And later on their own childre[G]n
That at least [D]in the future they
[G]need not be silent
When they are [C]asked, "Where [G]was [C]you[G]r m[C]other,

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