Tabs
Main riffs:
e|-----------------3-------|
BB|-----------------3-------|
G+G|-----------------0-------|
D MajorD|-----0h2-0-------0-------| G+G riff 1
A augmentedA|-0h2-------2-0---2-------|
E MajorE|---------------3-3-------|
e|-----------------3-------|
BB|-----------------1-------|
G+G|-----0h2-0-------0-------| C majorC riff
D MajorD|-0h2-------2-0---2-------|
A augmentedA|---------------3-3-------|
E MajorE|-----------------x-------|
e|-3p0---------------2-------|
BB|-----3p0-----------3-------|
G+G|---------2p0-------2-------| D MajorD riff
D MajorD|-------------2p0-0-0-------|
A augmentedA|-------------------x-------|
E MajorE|-------------------x-------|
e|-----------------3-------|
BB|-----------------3-------|
G+G|-----------------0-------|
D MajorD|-----0-2-0-------0-------| G+G riff 2
A augmentedA|-0-2-------2-0---2-------|
E MajorE|---------------3-3-------|
For the verses, the main riffs are played.
The chorus, bridge, and outtro are straight up, easy strumming.
Chords are below:
Verse 1:
G+G riff 1
If you utter a sound or make a move, we'll kill you
G+G riff
Then they gathered around me
C majorC riff
One man took my right arm
G+G riff
And another man took my left
D MajorD riff
When the third man grabbed the front of my coat
G+G riff 2
Then thrown in to an automobile we go
Chorus:
C majorC A augmentedA
Oh I wish I, I could describe
G+G
The terror in that 20 mile ride.
C majorC A augmentedA
Oh I wish I, I could describe
G+G
The terror in the beautiful California moonlight
Verse 2:
G+G riff 1
In an auto with six man and a chauffeur
G+G riff 1
Yeah these Christian patriots
C majorC riff
They put fingers in my eyes and nose
G+G riff 1
As they subjected me to torture
D MajorD riff
Yeah the torture that a god fearing man
G+G riff 2
Is capable of conceiving.
Chorus.
Bridge:
G+G
You won't kiss the American flag
C majorC
Well by god we'll make you
A augmentedA
We'll ram it down your throat
G+G
Sing the Star Spangled Banner with feeling
Verse 3:
G+G riff 1
They put their autos together
G+G riff 1
So the lamp set a sickly stage light
C majorC riff
Fourteen defenders of this country
G+G riff 1
All commanding me to undress
D MajorD riff
They poured tar over my body and hair
G+G riff 2
In the absence of feathers they rubbed sagebrush instead
Chorus.
Outtro:
C majorC A augmentedA
My suffering was terrible.
G+G G MajorG G+G