That's The Thing About America chords by Montgomery Gentry

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
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Wanna know what Uncle Joe thinks?
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We oughta take them tanks and guns and bombs
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And load them planes and get them boys and girls on home
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That gets my dad mad, boiling red
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Revved up vein poppin' outta his head
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Sayin' you pull out now, you shame the ones
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Who fought and bled and came home dead
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For your right to gripe, left to right
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Then momma shouts, boys hush your mouth
A minorAm           B minorBm   C majorC
Grab a plate and bow your heads

And be thankful when the grace is said 'cause...

Chorus:
G+G      C majorC      D MajorD
That's the thing about America
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  You can dream or do or say what you wanna
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You can run it down if you can back it up
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You can burn the flag or be the man
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Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
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If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G+G               D MajorD
 That's the thing about America

Interlude:
G+G C majorC

Verse 2:
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Now the coffee and the TV's on
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And we're eating the pie handed down

From my grandma's side from her grandma
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When she arrived back in '25
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She tells us all again
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How her mom came off of that big boat
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With all them folks all skin and bones
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And an angry mob sayin' go back home
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Now the anchorman says they're making plans
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Fencing up the Rio Grande
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Aunt Kitty drops her fork and shouts Amen

And granny says hell just let 'em all in

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC      D MajorD
That's the thing about America
G+G         C majorC          D MajorD
  You can dream or do or say what you wanna
      E minorEm              C majorC
You can run it down if you can back it up
      G+G         D MajorD
You can burn the flag or be the man
    A minorAm         G+G
Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
     C majorC
If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G+G               D MajorD  E minorEm
 That's the thing about America

Interlude:
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC      D MajorD
That's the thing about America
G+G         C majorC          D MajorD
  You can dream or do or say what you wanna
      E minorEm              C majorC
You can run it down if you can back it up
      G+G         D MajorD
You can burn the flag or be the man
    A minorAm         G+G
Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
     C majorC
If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G+G                D MajorD
 That's the thing about America
G+G        C majorC      D MajorD
That's the thing about America