C Am
let’s go back to yesterday , when a phone call cost a dime .
F
in new orleans , just a nickel .
F C
turn back the hands of time .
F C
turn back the hands of time .
C Am
picture a room with a window , a sofa and some chairs ,
F G C Csus4 C
a television turned on for the night .
C Am
picture a woman , two children seated , a man lying there ,
F G C Csus4 C
their faces softly glowing in the light .
C Am
this is my country , these are my people .
F G C
this is the world i understand .
C Am
this is my country , these are my people .
F G C
and i know ’em like the back of my own hand .
A# G C Am
if we had something to say we’d bounce it off the screen
F G C
we were watching and we couldn’t look away .
A# G C Am
we all know what we look like , you know what i mean?
F G C
we wouldn’t have had it any other way .
E Am G C
we got comedy , tragedy . ev’rything from a to B ,
Dm Em F Dm Em F
watching other people living , seeing other people play .
Dm Em F G
having other people’s voices fill our minds .
G
thank you , jesus .
E Am
feelings might go unexpressed .
G C
i think that’s prob’ly for the best .
F Em Dm G
dig too deep , who knows what you will find .
C Am
this is my country , those were my people .
F G C
their’s was the world i understand .
C Am
picture a room , no window , a door that leads outside ,
F G C Csus4 C
a man lying on a blanket on the floor .
C Am
picture his three grown boys behind him , bouncing words off a screen ,
F G C Csus4 C
of a television big as all outdoors .
A# G C Am
now your children are your children , even when they’re grown .
F G C
when they speak to you , you got to listen to what they have to say .
A# G C Am
but they all live alone now , they have tvs of their own
F G C Csus4 C
but they keep on coming over anyway .
F G F G C
and much as i love them , i’m always kind of glad when they go away .
C Am
this is my country , these are my people .
F G C
this is the world i understand .
C Am
this is my country , these are my people .
F G C
and i know ’em like the back of my own hand .
F G C Csus4 C
i know ’em like the back of my own hand .
C Am
let’s go back to yesterday , when a phone call cost a dime .
F
in new orleans , just a nickel .
F C
turn back the hands of time .
F C
turn back the hands of time .
C Am
picture a room with a window , a sofa and some chairs ,
F G C Csus4 C
a television turned on for the night .
C Am
picture a woman , two children seated , a man lying there ,
F G C Csus4 C
their faces softly glowing in the light .
C Am
this is my country , these are my people .
F G C
this is the world i understand .
C Am
this is my country , these are my people .
F G C
and i know ’em like the back of my own hand .
A# G C Am
if we had something to say we’d bounce it off the screen
F G C
we were watching and we couldn’t look away .
A# G C Am
we all know what we look like , you know what i mean?
F G C
we wouldn’t have had it any other way .
E Am G C
we got comedy , tragedy . ev’rything from a to B ,
Dm Em F Dm Em F
watching other people living , seeing other people play .
Dm Em F G
having other people’s voices fill our minds .
G
thank you , jesus .
E Am
feelings might go unexpressed .
G C
i think that’s prob’ly for the best .
F Em Dm G
dig too deep , who knows what you will find .
C Am
this is my country , those were my people .
F G C
their’s was the world i understand .
C Am
picture a room , no window , a door that leads outside ,
F G C Csus4 C
a man lying on a blanket on the floor .
C Am
picture his three grown boys behind him , bouncing words off a screen ,
F G C Csus4 C
of a television big as all outdoors .
A# G C Am
now your children are your children , even when they’re grown .
F G C
when they speak to you , you got to listen to what they have to say .
A# G C Am
but they all live alone now , they have tvs of their own
F G C Csus4 C
but they keep on coming over anyway .
F G F G C
and much as i love them , i’m always kind of glad when they go away .
C Am
this is my country , these are my people .
F G C
this is the world i understand .
C Am
this is my country , these are my people .
F G C
and i know ’em like the back of my own hand .
F G C Csus4 C
i know ’em like the back of my own hand .
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