{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":839914,"song":"America","artist":"Stephen Lynch","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11599603-america-chords-by-stephen-lynch/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/839914?type=chord","rating":4.77338,"votes":24,"content":"Transcribed by: D. Podradchik\r\n\r\n[tab]Time signature: 3/4\r\nChords used:\r\n     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]        \r\ne----2-------0-------0-------2-------0--------|\r\nB----3-------2-------0-------2-------3--------|\r\nG----2-------2-------1-------2-------2--------|\r\nD----0-------2-------2-------4-------2--------|\r\nA------------0-------2-------4-------0--------|\r\nE--------------------0-------2----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHey, hey what do you say?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI come from a place called the U.S. of A.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHo, ho what do you know?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHop in my car and let's go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell this is a song for America,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHome of the red, white, and blue.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLand of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nApple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if you don't love her fuck you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBeloved by all from Tikrit to Beijing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf the world were a school we'd be homecoming king.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWorshiped by France and by North Vietnam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAfghanistan thinks we're the bomb.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, this is a song for America,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHome of the red, white, and blue.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLand of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nApple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSUVs, handguns, and US magazine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if you don't love her, fuck you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOur human rights record is something of note:[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe freed all our slaves and gave women the vote.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nEveryone's equal forever, always,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nUnless you're one of them gays.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, this is a song for America,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHome of the red, white, and blue.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLand of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nApple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSUVs, handguns, and US magazine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLow-carb diets and fast food cuisine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if you don't love her fuck you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo all war-torn nations, to those in turmoil,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe'll help you kill despots, we'll help you drill oil,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd if you don't want our help, that's ok[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe're coming in anyway.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, this is a song for America,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHome of the red, white, and blue.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLand of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nApple pie, baseball, and Shell gasoline,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSUVs, handguns, and US magazine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLow-carb diets and fast food cuisine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCrack cocaine, Abu Ghraib, and nicotine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSwindling CEOs getting off clean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHousewives all hopped up on amphetamine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNipples get rated NC-17,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFEMA and levees and Hurricane Katrine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nGeorge Bush's great rolling war machine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI think we're in trouble, don't you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]               \r\nIt might seem I don't think our country's so great,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut intolerance, bigotry, greed's what I hate.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMost folks are honest and decent and true,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nPeaceful, compassionate, good through and through.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThat's what it means to be red, white, and blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if you don't think so fuck you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Asus4[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you don't think so fuck you.[/tab]","plain_text":"Transcribed by: D. 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