Firecracker chords by Strung Out

Chords with lyrics

Strung Out
Firecracker
Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
1996 Fat Wreck Chords
Submitted by: jeremyunderground412yahoo.com

Key: C majorC


Chords used:
C majorC -  x32010
C/EC/E - 032xxx
E minorEm - 022000
A minorAm - x02210
FF -  133211
G+G -  320003
DmDm - xx0231

Intro:
C--C/E--F-G- x3


Verse 1:
     C majorC
The other day I
swear to God I got
a letter in the mail
     A minorAm
that Said register with
us or you're Gonna go
         FF
to jail You'll be put
inside a cage then
      G+G
Forced to enlist Well
 C majorC
I laughed out loud
said I Won't comply
   A minorAm
To be labeled as one
of those Who qualify
   FF
to be shipped off to
DmDm         G+G
Fight some fucking wars


Chorus 1:
   FF
Cause war is not about
G+G    C majorC
policy religion It's
    A minorAm
about economy and
FF        G+G
I'm not dying to set
       C majorC  C/EC/E FF G+G x4
your country free

Verse 2:
      C majorC
I'll never bow to
     FF
your expectations
    A minorAm
I never have I
   G+G
never will I'm not
 C majorC
a puppet pawn or
FF
Figure head I'm
 DmDm
a man of my Own
   G+G    C majorC
free will Our freedoms
      FF
are slowly surrendered
    DmDm
As they take more than
   G+G  C majorC
their fill How much
     A minorAm
power is ever enough
    G+G
for The men the men
      C majorC  C/EC/E FF G+G x4
on Capitol Hill


Verse 4:
    C majorC
They're cutting back
        A minorAm
on welfare Ilegalizing
        FF
harmlessness am I the
Only one to see there's
G+G
something Wrong with this
C majorC
I don't have the answers
     A minorAm
won't Pretend to say I
      FF
will but to put My trust
        G+G
in government I think
          C majorC  E minorEm FF A minorAm G+G x4
I think I'd rather kill


Verse 5:
  C majorC
Off mighty word
democracy Spells
A minorAm
freedom for you
      FF
and me The books
have all been written
    G+G
And the prophets
    C majorC
denied Little by
little watch this
 A minorAm
state Begin to fall
    FF
as we awaken from
This dream and
    G+G
find ourselves
       C majorC  C/EC/E FF G+G x4
Nailed to the wall


Interlude:
C--C/E--F-G- x3


Chorus 2:
  C majorC
Oh firecracker patriotic
       C/EC/E
lire you were Burning
bright the day the
        FF
country Died in all
       G+G
your glory in all your
   C majorC
Pride Light the way
         C/EC/E
torch of Liberty Light
the sky for the whole
        FF
world To see in all
       G+G
your glory in all
Your pride


Outro: C-C/E-F-G- x4, C(hold)