It isn't nice...
Verse
C
It isn't nice to block the doorway
G
It isn't nice to go to jail
C
There are nicer ways to do it
G
But the nice ways always fail
CEmAm
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
DmG
You told us once, you told us twice
CFC
But if that is Freedom's price
GCFC
We don't mind
Verse
GC
It isn't nice to carry banners
G
Or to sit in on the floor
C
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
G
At the hotel and the store
CEmAm
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
DmG
You told us once, you told us twice
CFC
But if that is Freedom's price
GCFC
We don't mind
Verse
GC
We have tried negotiations
G
And the three-man picket line
C
Mr. Charlie didn't see us
G
And he might as well be blind
CEmAm
Now our new ways aren't nice
DmG
When we deal with men of ice
CFC
But if that is Freedom's price
GCFC
We don't mind
Verse
GC
How about those years of lynchings
G
And the shot in Evers' back?
C
Did you say it wasn't proper
G
Did you stand upon the track?
CEmAm
You were quiet just like mice
DmG
Now you say we aren't nice
CFC
And if that is Freedom's price
GCFC
We don't mind
Verse
GC
It isn't nice to block the doorway
G
It isn't nice to go to jail
C
There are nicer ways to do it
G
But the nice ways always fail
CEmAm
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
DmG
But thanks for your advice
CFC
Cause if that is Freedom's price
GCFC
We don't mind, we don't mind