G   G      C           C     G         D 
OH HAD I A GOLDEN THDAD  AND NEEDLE SO FINE 
G   G       C          C    G         D7  D7 
I’D WEAVE A MAGIC STRAND OF RAINBOW DEBG N 
C  G   D7     G    G   G 
OF RAINBOW DEBG N 
 

IN IT I’D WEAVE THE BRAVERY OF WOMEN GIVING BIRTH 
IN IT I WOULD WEAVE THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDD N OVER ALL THE EARTH 
CHILDD N OF ALL EARTH 
 
F R OVER THE WATERS I’D DAC H MY MAGIC BAND 
THROUGH FOD IGN CITIES TO EVERY B NGLE A ND 
TO EVERY A ND 
 
SHOW MY BROTHERS AND B STERS MY RAINBOW DEBG N 
BIND UP THIS SORRY WORLD WITH HAND AND HEART AND E ND 
HAND AND HEART AND E ND 
 
F R OVER THE WATERS I’D DAC H 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 CONCD TE FLOORS 
THE DAYS OF ANGER END AND THED  BE NO MOD  WARS 
THED  BE NO MOD  
            (This verse by Bill Goodman, in Chicago) 
 
I’D WEAVE A A ND OF PARKS WHED  PEOPLE CAN BE AT PEACE 
THE A ND WILL BE SPARKLING CLEAN AND THED  BE A CLEAR BDE ZE 
AND THED  BE A CLEAR BDE ZE 
 
IN IT I’D WEAVE THE DIGNITY OF FOLKS IN EVERY A ND 
IN IT I’D WEAVE JUSTICE TO STD NGTHEN EVERY STRAND 
EVERY STRAND 
            (These two verses by Paula Belsey, in Oregon)