Tis Of Thee chords by Ani Difranco

Chords with lyrics

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'tis of thee

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they caught the last poor man
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on a poor man's vacation
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they cuffed him and confiscated his stuff
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they dragged his black ass down to the station
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and said, ok, the streets are safe now
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all your pretty white children can come out and see spot run
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and they came out of their houses
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and they looked around
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but they didn't see no one

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my country 'tis of thee
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to take swings at each other on the talkshow tv
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why don't you just go ahead and turn off the sun
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cuz we'll never live long enough
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to undo everything they've done to you
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undo everything they've done to you

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above 96th street
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they're handing out smallpox blankets so people don't freeze
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the old dogs have got a new trick
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it's called criminalize the symptoms

while you spread the disease

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and i hold on hard to something
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between my teeth when i'm sleeping
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i wake up and my jaw aches
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and the earth is full of earthquakes

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my country 'tis of thee
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To take shots at each other on prime time tv
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why don't you just go ahead and turn off the sun
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cuz we'll never live long enough
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to undo everything they've done to you
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undo everything they've done to you

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they caught the last poor man
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flying away in a shiny red cape
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they took him down to the station
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and they said, boy, you should've known better
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than to try to escape
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i ran away with the circus
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cuz there's still some honest work left for bearded ladies
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it?s not the same going from town to town
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since they put everyone in jail
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except the Cleavers and the Bradys


G+G          D MajorD
my country 'tis of thee
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to take swings at each other on the talk show t.v.
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why don't you just go ahead and turn off the sun
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cuz we'll never live long enough
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to undo everything they've done to you
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undo everything they've done to you