Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Intro:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
Wish someone would help me, somebody tell me
G+G
What's goin' on with the world today?
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
We lost our way, but won't lose the fight
E MajorE E MajorE BB
Just stand your ground and you'll be alright
🎸 Verse:
B minorBm E MajorE
Land of the free, home of the brave
D MajorD
Nowadays everybody act all gay
E MajorE
Y'all don't see this mess y'all made?
A augmentedA
Act all weird and dress all strange
B minorBm
I guess I'm weird, 'cause I'm still straight?
D MajorD
You white, you racist, that's okay
E minorEm
Black lives claim they still chained
B minorBm
Last I checked, I don't own no slaves
🎸 Verse:
B minorBm
But I own what I say
B minorBm
Most of you don't 'cause you don't wanna pay
E MajorE
The price you pay when you say it to my face
G+G B minorBm
And all that 'cause I love the USA
B minorBm
And the flag we fly
B minorBm
I speak my mind, 'cause people died
E minorEm
They burn it down, you act surprised
E minorEm B minorBm
I can't believe my damn eyes
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm B minorBm
I never thought I'd live to see the day
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The way people act these days
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
I'd rather die than live that way
E minorEm E MajorE
What happened to the USA?
🎸 Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
It's time for change, give a damn what people say
E MajorE G+G
I miss the old days, home of the brave
B minorBm D MajorD
It's time for change, break the chains in the USA
E MajorE G+G
I miss the old days, home of the brave
Post-🎸 Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE
Wish someone would help me, somebody tell me
E MajorE E MajorE A minorAm
What's goin' on with the world today?
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
We lost our way, but won't lose the fight
E MajorE E minorEm B minorBm
Just stand your ground and you'll be alright
🎸 Verse:
B minorBm B minorBm
Gonna be alright, gonna see the light
E minorEm E MajorE B minorBm
First people fight, then reunite
B minorBm B minorBm E MajorE
When day turns night and wrong turns right
E MajorE E MajorE B minorBm
I'll always fight for them stars and stripes
B minorBm B minorBm
Stars and stripes on my sleeves, you burn them, rest in peace
E MajorE E MajorE B minorBm
Better yet, rot in Hell, much respect to those who fell
B minorBm B minorBm BB
I live through them so I can tell, the story that we know so well
E MajorE B minorBm
Live or die, my head held high, 'til it's my time, farewell (Farewell)
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
I never thought I'd live to see the day
G+G
The way people act these days
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
I'd rather die than live that way
E minorEm E MajorE
What happened to the USA?
🎸 Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
It's time for change, give a damn what people say
E MajorE G+G B minorBm
I miss the old days, home of the brave
B minorBm D MajorD
It's time for change, break the chains in the USA
E MajorE G+G B minorBm
I miss the old days, home of the brave