Firecracker chords by Strung Out

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

Key: C

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C -   x32010
C/E - 032xxx
Em -  022000
Am -  x02210
F -   133211
G -   320003
Dm -  xx0231

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


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


Chorus 1:
      F
Cause war is not about
G        C
policy religion It's
       Am
about economy and
F                G
I'm not dying to set
             C   C/E F G x4
your country free


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


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


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


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


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


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