[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse]
G C
Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light
G C
Though she looked a little worried and weak
G C G
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinking again
D (C)
But Daddy'd left the proof on her cheek
G C
I was only eight years old that summer
G C
And I always seemed to be in the way
Em C G
So I took myself down to the fair in town
D G C G C
On Independence Day
G C
Well, word gets around in a small, small town
G C
They said he was a dangerous man
G C G
But Mama was proud and she stood her ground
D (C)
She knew she was on the losing end
G C
Some folks whispered, some folks talked
G C
But everybody looked the other way
Em C G
And when time ran out, there was no one about
D G (stop)
On Independence Day
[Chorus]
D Em
Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing
C G D
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Em7 C
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
C G D [once, let ring out]
Roll that stone away, let the guilty pay
G C G C
It's Independence Day
[Verse]
G C
Well, she lit up the sky that Fourth of July
G C
By the time that the firemen come
G C G
They just put out the flames and they took down some names
D (C)
And sent me to the county home
G C
Now I ain't saying it's right or it's wrong
G C
But maybe it's the only way
Em C G
Talk about your revolution
D G (stop)
It's Independence Day
[Chorus]
D Em
Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing
C G D
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Em7 C
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
C G D [once, let ring out]
Roll that stone away, let the guilty pay
G C G
It's Independence Day, roll that stone away
C G C G
It's Independence Day
