{"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":386429,"song":"Heres To The State Of George W","artist":"Pearl Jam","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/386429-heres-to-the-state-of-george-w-chords-by-pearl-jam/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/386429?type=chord","rating":4.96844,"votes":4,"content":"Pearl Jam played this song on Storytellers.  Its a cover of a Phil Ochs tune from around\r\nCivil Rights movement called \"Here's to the State of Mississippi\" but then in the early\r\nwith Vietnam he rewrote it and called it \"Here's to the State of Richard Nixon\".  So \r\nplayed his version and it goes something like this.\r\n\r\nStandard Tuning EADGBe\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere's to the judges of John Roberts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho wear the robe of honor in their phony legal fort[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd justices are stranger when the partisans report[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the court elected the president, it was the beginning of this war.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh here's to the land you've torn out the heart of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohn Roberts, find yourself another country to be part of.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd here's to the government of Dick Cheney[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith criminals posing as advisors to the crown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they hope no one sees the sights[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd that no one hears the sounds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause the speeches of our president are the ribbons of a clown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh here's to the land you've torn out the heart of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDick Cheney, find yourself another country to be part of.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd here's to the churches of Jerry Falwell.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr a cross once made of silver, now it's turned to rust[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the Sunday morning services preaching fear of men in love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd God only knows, in Heaven they must trust.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh here's to the land you've torn out the heart of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJerry Falwell, find yourself another country to be part of.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd here's to the laws of Alberto Gonzales[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd congress will fasten that in the panic of the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                  \r\nThe constitution's drowning in an ocean of decay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd freedom of speech is dangerous I've even heard them say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh here's to the land you've torn out the heart of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGonzales, find yourself another country to be part of.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd here's to the businessmen of George W.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho want to change the focus from Halliburton to Enron[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd their profits, like blood money spill out on the White House lawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd to keep a hold of power, they're using terror as it come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the bombs that fall on children,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nDon't know which side -[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nDon't care which side -[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat they're on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh here's to the land you've torn out the heart of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGeorge W., find yourself another country to be part of.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh here's to the land you've torn out the heart of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGeorge W., find yourself another country to be part of.[/tab]","plain_text":"Pearl Jam played this song on Storytellers.  Its a cover of a Phil Ochs tune from around\nCivil Rights movement called \"Here's to the State of Mississippi\" but then in the early\nwith Vietnam he rewrote it and called it \"Here's to the State of Richard Nixon\".  So \nplayed his version and it goes something like this.\n\nStandard Tuning EADGBe","chords":["G","Cadd9","D","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}