America
Stephen LynchVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Chords used:
Asus4
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Hey, hey what do you say?
I come from a place called the U.S. of A.
Ho, ho what do you know?
Hop in my car and let's go.
Well this is a song for America,
Home of the red, white, and blue.
Land of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean,
Apple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,
And if you don't love her fuck you.
Beloved by all from Tikrit to Beijing,
If the world were a school we'd be homecoming king.
Worshiped by France and by North Vietnam,
Afghanistan thinks we're the bomb.
Oh, this is a song for America,
Home of the red, white, and blue.
Land of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean,
Apple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,
SUVs, handguns, and US magazine,
And if you don't love her, fuck you.
Our human rights record is something of note:
We freed all our slaves and gave women the vote.
Everyone's equal forever, always,
Unless you're one of them gays.
Oh, this is a song for America,
Home of the red, white, and blue.
Land of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean,
Apple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,
SUVs, handguns, and US magazine,
Low-carb diets and fast food cuisine,
And if you don't love her fuck you.
To all war-torn nations, to those in turmoil,
We'll help you kill despots, we'll help you drill oil,
And if you don't want our help, that's ok
We're coming in anyway.
Oh, this is a song for America,
Home of the red, white, and blue.
Land of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean,
Apple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,
SUVs, handguns, and US magazine,
Low-carb diets and fast food cuisine,
Crack cocaine, Abu Ghraib, and nicotine,
Swindling CEOs getting off clean,
Housewives all hopped up on amphetamine,
Nipples get rated -17,
FEMA and levees and Hurricane Katrine
George Bush's great rolling war machine.
I think we're in trouble, don't you?
It might seem I don't think our country's so great,
But intolerance, bigotry, greed's what I hate.
Most folks are honest and decent and true,
Peaceful, compassionate, good through and through.
That's what it means to be red, white, and blue,
And if you don't think so fuck you,
If you don't think so fuck you.
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Readable chord sheet for America by Stephen Lynch
Chords used:
[D] [A] [E] [F#m] [Asus4]
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B----3-------2-------0-------2-------3--------|
G----2-------2-------1-------2-------2--------|
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[D]Hey, [A]hey [E]what do you [F#m]say?
[D]I come from a [A]place called the [E]U.S. of [F#m]A.
[D]Ho, [A]ho [E]what do you [F#m]know?
[D]Hop in my [A]car and let's [E]go.
Well [A]this is a song for Ame[E]rica,
[A]Home of the red, white, and [E]blue.
[D]Land of Marilyn Mon[A]roe and James Dean,
[D]Apple pie, baseball, and [A]Shell gasoline,
And [A]if you don't [E]love her fuck [A]you.
Be[D]loved by [A]all from Tik[E]rit to Bei[F#m]jing,
If the [D]world were a [A]school we'd be [E]homecoming [F#m]king.
[D]Worshiped by [A]France and by [E]North Viet[F#m]nam,
Af[D]ghanistan [A]thinks we're the [E]bomb.
Oh, [A]this is a song for [E]America,
[A]Home of the red, white, and [E]blue.
[D]Land of Marilyn Mo[A]nroe and James Dean,
[D]Apple pie, baseball, and [A]Shell gasoline,
[D]SUVs, handguns, and [A]US magazine,
And [A]if you don't [E]love her, fuck [A]you.
Our [D]human rights [A]record is [E]something of [F#m]note:
We [D]freed all our [A]slaves and gave [E]women the [F#m]vote.
[D]Everyone's [A]equal for[E]ever, al[F#m]ways,
[D]Unless you're [A]one of them [E]gays.
Oh, [A]this is a song for A[E]merica,
[A]Home of the red, white, and [E]blue.
[D]Land of Marilyn Mon[A]roe and James Dean,
[D]Apple pie, baseball, and [A]Shell gasoline,
[D]SUVs, handguns, and [A]US magazine,
[D]Low-carb diets and [A]fast food cuisine,
And [A]if you don't [E]love her fuck [A]you.
To [D]all war-torn [A]nations, to [E]those in tur[F#m]moil,
We'll [D]help you kill [A]despots, we'll [E]help you drill [F#m]oil,
And [D]if you don't [A]want our help, [E]that's o[F#m]k
We're [D]coming in [A]any[E]way.
Oh, [A]this is a song for A[E]merica,
[A]Home of the red, white, and [E]blue.
[D]Land of Marilyn Mon[A]roe and James Dean,
[D]Apple pie, baseball, and [A]Shell gasoline,
[D]SUVs, handguns, and [A]US magazine,
[D]Low-carb diets and [A]fast food cuisine,
[D]Crack cocaine, Abu Ghraib, [A]and nicotine,
[D]Swindling CEOs [A]getting off clean,
[D]Housewives all hopped up on [A]amphetamine,
[D] [A]
Nipples get rated [N.C.]-17,
[D]FEMA and levees and [A]Hurricane Katrine
[D]George Bush's great rolling [F#m]war machine.
I [D]think we're in [E]trouble, don't [A]you?
It [D]might seem I [A]don't think our [E]country's so [F#m]great,
But in[D]tolerance, [A]bigotry, [E]greed's what I [F#m]hate.
[D]Most folks are [A]honest and [E]decent and [F#m]true,
[D]Peaceful, com[A]passionate, [E]good through and [F#m]through.
[D]That's what it [A]means to be [E]red, white, and [F#m]blue,
And [D]if you don't [E]think so fuck [A]you,
[D]If you don't [E]think so fuck [A]you. [Asus4] [A]