America Stephen Lynch
Song: America
Album: 3 Balloons
Transcribed by: David Podradchik
Note: For personal use/scholarship only; this song is quite scholarly... satire,
that is. "And if you don't think so, fuck you."
Chords used:
[D] [A] [E] [F#m] [Asus4]
e----2-------0-------0-------2-------0--------| B----3-------2-------0-------2-------3--------| G----2-------2-------1-------2-------2--------| D----0-------2-------2-------4-------2--------| A------------0-------2-------4-------0--------| E--------------------0-------2----------------|
[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]Nipples get rated N[A]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]
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.guitaretab.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
