Oh Great America chords by Shovels & Rope

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G

Verse:
     G+G
There are tears rolling down my front and back
     E minorEm
There are mirrors holding up a one-eyed jack
     D MajorD
There’s a hurricane swinging at a lowly shack
        C majorC  G+G
In two-tousand seventeen

Verse:
     G+G
There’s a compass lost on the open sea
    E minorEm
Another shooter in my community
     D MajorD
There’s a steady stream of insanity
        C majorC  G+G
In two-tousand seventeen

Verse:
     G+G
There’s a dog with a nuclear bomb in his mouth
   E minorEm
Hey, old white man, meet the brave new south
   D MajorD
Don’t it just make you want to scream and shout
        C majorC  G+G
In two-tousand seventeen

Verse:
     G+G
TV is as busy as a can of bait
     E minorEm
Point and click and get it now, you never have have to stop and wait
     D MajorD
But your airplane is going to be a little late
        C majorC  G+G
In two-tousand seventeen

Verse:
  G+G
My eyes and my ears and my senses are tired
E minorEm
Everybody’s scared, everybody’s inspired
  D MajorD
The world is under water and it’s also on fire
        C majorC  G+G
In two-tousand seventeen

Chorus:
  C majorC
So, Great America
   G+G         D MajorD
Come on, come on, come on
    C majorC
We were made in histeria
     G+G       D MajorD
There is litter on your lawn

    C majorC
If it’s smoking while you’re sleaping
      G+G      D MajorD
There’ll be fire in the dawn
C majorC
Come on, America
   D MajorD    C majorC    G+G
Come on, come on, come on

Verse:
  G+G
You talk like this but you live like that
     E minorEm
It says “go back home” on your welcome mat
  D MajorD
Did someone really say that the world is flat
        C majorC  G+G
In two-tousand seventeen

Verse:
    G+G
There’s constant unchecked brutality
   E minorEm
Brave man takes a stand by dropping to his knee
      D MajorD
I’ll try to understand you, try to understand me
        C majorC  G+G   E minorEm  D MajorD
In two-tousand seventeen
C majorC        G+G