Wasteland Of The Free chords - Iris Dement

Guitar chords

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


[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 ....

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[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