Stephen Lynch - America

artist : stephen lynch
song : america
album : 3 balloons
transcribed by : david podradchik

note : for personal use/scholarship only; this song is quite scholarly . . . satire ,
that is . “and if you don’t think so , fxxk you . ”

chords used :
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D A E F#m
hey , hey what do you say?
D A E F#m
i come from a place called the u . s . of A .
D A E F#m
ho , ho what do you know?
D A E
hop in my car and let’s go .

A E
well this is a song for america ,
A E
home of the red , white , and blue .
D A
land of marilyn monroe and james dean ,
D A
apple pie , baseball , and shell gasoline ,
A E A
and if you don’t love her fxxk you .

D A E F#m
beloved by all from tikrit to beijing ,
D A E F#m
if the world were a school we’d be homecoming king .
D A E F#m
worshiped by france and by north vietnam ,
D A E
afghanistan thinks we’re the bomb .

A E
oh , this is a song for america ,
A E
home of the red , white , and blue .
D A
land of marilyn monroe and james dean ,
D A
apple pie , baseball , and shell gasoline ,
D A
suvs , handguns , and us magazine ,
A E A
and if you don’t love her , fxxk you .

D A E F#m
our human rights record is something of note :
D A E F#m
we freed all our slaves and gave women the vote .
D A E F#m
everyone’s equal forever , always ,
D A E
unless you’re one of them gays .

A E
oh , this is a song for america ,
A E
home of the red , white , and blue .
D A
land of marilyn monroe and james dean ,
D A
apple pie , baseball , and shell gasoline ,
D A
suvs , handguns , and us magazine ,
D A
low – carb diets and fast food cuisine ,
A E A
and if you don’t love her fxxk you .

D A E F#m
to all war – torn nations , to those in turmoil ,
D A E F#m
we’ll help you kill despots , we’ll help you drill oil ,
D A E F#m
and if you don’t want our help , that’s ok
D A E
we’re coming in anyway .

A E
oh , this is a song for america ,
A E
home of the red , white , and blue .
D A
land of marilyn monroe and james dean ,
D A
apple pie , baseball , and shell gasoline ,
D A
suvs , handguns , and us magazine ,
D A
low – carb diets and fast food cuisine ,
D A
crack cocaine , abu ghraib , and nicotine ,
D A
swindling ceos getting off clean ,
D A
housewives all hopped up on amphetamine ,
D A
nipples get rated nc – 17 ,
D A
fema and levees and hurricane katrine
D F#m
george bush’s great rolling war machine .
D E A
i think we’re in trouble , don’t you?

D A E F#m
it might seem i don’t think our country’s so great ,
D A E F#m
but intolerance , bigotry , greed’s what i hate .
D A E F#m
most folks are honest and decent and true ,
D A E F#m
peaceful , compassionate , good through and through .
D A E F#m
that’s what it means to be red , white , and blue ,
D E A
and if you don’t think so fxxk you ,
D E A Asus4 A
if you don’t think so fxxk you .