Wasteland Of The Free chords by Iris Dement

Chords with lyrics

Wasteland Of The Free - Written By Iris Dement
>From The Album "The Way I Should" - Iris DeMent
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[Intro]

C majorC      A minorAm        G+G        C majorC
        Living in the ...

    G+G                C majorC
We got preachers dealin' in ...
     G+G          C majorC
And their speech is growing ...
A minorAm
 They say they are ...
  FF
But they don't look ..
         C majorC  G+G           C majorC
And it feels like I am living ...

    G+G              C majorC
We got politicians runnin' ...
        G+G               C majorC
Now don't tell me they don't ...
A minorAm
 Now you may call me ...
  FF
But that don't fit my ...
         C majorC  G+G           C majorC
And it feels like I am living in ...

    G+G             C majorC
We got C majorC E MajorE O's makin' two hundred ...
      G+G           C majorC
But they'll fight like hell ...
A minorAm
 And if you don't ...
         FF
They'll ship your job to ....sea.G           C majorC
And it feels like I am ....

[Chorus]
FF       G+G        C majorC
 Living in the ...
E MajorE                   A minorAm
 Where the poor have now ...
FF        C majorC
 Let's blame our ...
E MajorE            A minorAm      FF
Sounds like some ...
       G+G         C majorC
Living in the ...

    G+G               C majorC
We got little kids with guns ...
        G+G            C majorC
So, what do we do, we put these ...
A minorAm
 And we call ourselves the ...
FF
 But that sounds ..
         C majorC  G+G           C majorC
And it feels like I am living in the ....
    G+G                 C majorC
We got high school kids runnin' ...
      G+G             C majorC
Who cannot pass a ...
A minorAm
 But if you ask them, ...
FF
 The name of ...
         C majorC  G+G           C majorC
And it feels like I am living in the ...
      G+G        C majorC
We kill for oil then throw a ...
      G+G             C majorC
Some guy refuses to fight and ...
A minorAm
 But he's standin' up for ...
FF
 And that seems pretty ..
         C majorC  G+G           C majorC
And it feels like I am living in ...

[Chorus]
FF        G+G        C majorC
 Living in the ...
E MajorE                   A minorAm
 Where the poor have now ...
FF        C majorC
 Let's blame our ...
E MajorE            A minorAm      FF
Sounds like some ...
       G+G         C majorC
Living in the ...

FF       C majorC
Whilst we sit ...
E MajorE             A minorAm
Justice is sinking ...
FF        G+G         C majorC
 Living in the ..
FF        G+G         C majorC
 Living in the ...
FF        G+G         C majorC
 Living in the ...

Chords:
A minorAm = X02210
C majorC = X32010
E MajorE = 022100
FF = 133211
G+G = 355433


Transcribed by Jim Sparrow - 7th Feb 1998
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