United States Global Empire Mason Jennings
Title : United States Global Empire
Album : Birds Flying Away
Year : 2000
Intro : Bbm F# F x 2
C# G# C# C# G# F# F <-- Linger on the F before continuing
[Bbm] [Ab] [F#] [F]
Verse : Bbm F# F Bbm F# F
Chorus: C# Ab C# C# Ab F# F
[Bbm]Our united [F#]states of [F]america[Bbm] [F#] [F]
[Bbm]Has quickly [#F]become a [F]global em[Bbm]pire[F#] [F]
[F]Come on
[F]See it now for what it really is
[F]Power hungry with nothing much to give
[F]And violent, all in the name of
[C#]Freedom, [Ab]freedom is not [C#]domination
[C#]I believe [Ab]freedom has got to [F#]come from [F]within
[F]Yes it does
[F]And without the gun
[F]Freedom's the ability to feel love for everyone
Bbm F# F x 2
[C#] [Ab] [C#] [C#] [Ab] [F#] [F]
[Bbm] [Ab] [F#] [F]
[Bbm]The empire [F#]controls the [F]media[Bbm] [F#] [F]
[Bbm]And [F#]media [F]controls the [Bbm]worl[F#]d[F]
[F]Come on
[F]Media is the empire's mouth
[F]Capitalist propaganda coming out
[F]And violence, all in the name of
[C#]Freedom, [Ab]freedom is not [C#]competition
[C#]I believe [Ab]freedom has got to [F#]come from [F]within
[F]Yes it does
[F]And without the gun
[F]Freedom's the ability to feel love for everyone
Bbm F# F x 2
[C#] [Ab] [C#] [C#] [Ab] [F#] [F]
[Bbm] [Ab] [F#] [F]
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