Home Of The Brave chords by Adam Calhoun

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

Bm                 D        A        E
Wish someone would help me, somebody tell me
             G
What's goin' on with the world today?
Bm          D              A
We lost our way, but won't lose the fight
E                      E             B
Just stand your ground and you'll be alright

🎸 Verse:

Bm                            E
Land of the free, home of the brave
         D
Nowadays everybody act all gay
            E
Y'all don't see this mess y'all made?
        A
Act all weird and dress all strange
        Bm
I guess I'm weird, 'cause I'm still straight?
           D
You white, you racist, that's okay
            Em
Black lives claim they still chained
                        Bm
Last I checked, I don't own no slaves

🎸 Verse:

Bm
But I own what I say
            Bm
Most of you don't 'cause you don't wanna pay
              E
The price you pay when you say it to my face
              G                  Bm
And all that 'cause I love the USA
Bm
And the flag we fly
        Bm
I speak my mind, 'cause people died
             Em
They burn it down, you act surprised
        Em              Bm
I can't believe my damn eyes

🎸 Pre-Chorus:

Bm                       Bm
I never thought I'd live to see the day
Em             C         D
The way people act these days
Bm             D              A
I'd rather die than live that way
Em                   E
What happened to the USA?

🎸 Chorus:

     Bm                           D           A    Em
It's time for change, give a damn what people say
  E            G
I miss the old days, home of the brave
     Bm                                D
It's time for change, break the chains in the USA
  E            G
I miss the old days, home of the brave

Post-🎸 Chorus:

Bm                          D        E
Wish someone would help me, somebody tell me
E               E              Am
What's goin' on with the world today?
Bm      D            A
We lost our way, but won't lose the fight
E                          Em        Bm
Just stand your ground and you'll be alright

🎸 Verse:

Bm                Bm
Gonna be alright, gonna see the light
Em                  E      Bm
First people fight, then reunite
Bm                   Bm        E
When day turns night and wrong turns right
E                     E              Bm
I'll always fight for them stars and stripes
          Bm                              Bm
Stars and stripes on my sleeves, you burn them, rest in peace
       E                      E                Bm
Better yet, rot in Hell, much respect to those who fell
       Bm                                    Bm              B
I live through them so I can tell, the story that we know so well
        E                                 Bm
Live or die, my head held high, 'til it's my time, farewell (Farewell)

🎸 Pre-Chorus:

Bm                       D          A    E
I never thought I'd live to see the day
               G
The way people act these days
Bm             D              A
I'd rather die than live that way
Em                   E
What happened to the USA?

🎸 Chorus:

     Bm                           D           A
It's time for change, give a damn what people say
E              G             Bm
I miss the old days, home of the brave
Bm                                     D
It's time for change, break the chains in the USA
E              G                       Bm
I miss the old days, home of the brave