Play with capo on 1st fret
[Intro]
G CG CG CG C
1-2-3-4|1-2-3-4|1-2-3-4|1-2-3-4|
(Keep this rhythm going throughout the verses)
Chords: C/G: play a C with a G in the 6th string (The 6th string being the thinnest)
Dsus: play a D with a G in the 6th string (Use your pinky finger)
D/E: play a D with an E in the 6th string (Lift your middle finger)
D/F#: play a D with an E in the 6th string (see above) and F# in the
bass (use your index finger)
G C/G G C G
I was born and raised an orphan in a land that once was free,
Bm Am
In a land that poured its love out on the moon,
G C/G G C G
And I grew up in the shadows of your silos filled with grain,
Bm Am G
But you never helped to fill my empty spoon.
G C/G G C G
And when I was ten you murdered law with courtroom politics,
Bm Am
And you learned to make a lie sound just like truth,
G C/G G C G
But I know you better now and I don't fall for all your tricks,
Bm Am G
And you've lost the one advantage of my youth.
G C/G G C G
You kill a black man at midnight just for talking to your daughter,
Bm Am D
Then you make his wife your mistress and you leave her without water,
G C/G G C G
And the sheet you wear upon your face is the sheet your children sleep on,
Bm Am D Dsus, D, D/E, D
And at every meal you say a prayer, You don't believe but still you keep on.
C G D/F# G C G D/F# G
And your money says "In God We Trust" but it's against the law to pray in school,
C G D/F# G C G D/F# G
You say we beat the Russians to the moon, And I say you starved your children to do it.
G C/G G C G
You are far across the ocean in a war that's not your own,
Bm Am D
And while you're winning theirs you're gonna lose the one at home,
G C/G G C G
Do you really think the only way to bring about the peace,
Bm Am D
Is to sacrifice your children and kill all your enemies.
G C/G G C G
The politicians all make speeches while the newsmen all take notes,
Bm Am D
And they exaggerate the issues as they shove it down our throats,
G C/G G C G
Is it really up to them whether this country sinks or floats,
Bm Am D
Well I wonder who would lead us if none of us would vote.
G C/G G C G
Well my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped from whispering through the fence,
Bm Am D
You know every move I make or is that just coincidence,
G C/G G C G
Will you try to make my way of life a little less like jail,
Bm Am D Dsus, D, D/E, D
If I promise to make tapes and slides and send them through the mail.
C G D/F# G C G D/F# G
And your money says "In God We Trust" but it's against the law to pray in school,
C G D/F# G C G D/F# G
You say we beat the Russians to the moon and I say you starved your children to do it.
C G D/F# G C G D/F# G
You say all men are equal all men are brothers, Then why are the rich more equal than others,
C G D/F# G C G D/F# G
Don't ask me for the answers, I've only got one, A man leaves his darkness when he follows the Son.
