"The leads are weak."
"The leads are weak; fucking leads are weak? You're weak."
Am C G D x 2
[Verse 1]
Am C G
Remember when America had a middle class and an upper class?
D
That was way before the exodus.
Am C Bm
That was the America that we thought was number one,
G D Am
thought would overcome, thought would never die.
Am C
That was just our pride and faith: two shitty deadly sins;
G D
I know faith isn't one of 'em but it should have been,
Am C Bm
'Cause when things were crumbling, we had no camaraderie,
G D Am
just a faith someone would save us from despondence.
[Chorus]
Am C G F
We called it America, whoa.
Am C D
We called it America, whoa.
[Verse 2]
Am C
"Number one America" was a slogan used
G D
to keep morale up when we knew we were already cooked,
Am
Then the richer western states
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succeeded in secession and the eastern ones followed right behind.
Am C
Mexi-Can-America was the perfect name
G D Am
that epitomized the order of significance, authority and affluence.
C Bm G
We had turned it all around, went from number one,
D Am
straight to number two (shit).
[Chorus]
Am C G F
We called it America, whoa.
Am C D
We called it America, whoa.
[Solo]
Am C G F
C Bm F Em
[Bridge]
Am G F Em
National bankruptcy, circumcised society.
Am G
USA, dined and ditched;
F Em
Fox reports "poor is the new rich".
[Chorus/Outro]
Am C G F
We called it America, whoa.
Am C D
We called it America, whoa.
Am C G F
We called it America, whoa.
Am C D
We called it America, whoa.
Am Am
We called it America
