G5                                       C5                 G5
  I was born and raised an orphan       In a land that once was free
  You are far across the ocean           In a war that's not your own
       B5                                           A5            D5
  In a land that poured it's             love out on the moon
 And whilst you're winning theirs   You're gonna lose the one at home
       G5                               C5                    G5
  And I grew up in the shadows     Of your silos   filled with grain
 Do you really think the only way  To bring about the peace
            B5                            C5          G5
  But you never helped to   fill my empty spoon
 Is to sacrifice your children   And kill all your enemies
          G5                                               C5             G5
  And when I was ten you murdered law     With courtroom politics
   The politicians all make speeches   While the news men all take note
            B5                                A5            D5            G5
 And you learned to make a lie sound just like truth But I know you better now ed
 And they exagerate the issues  As they shove it down our throats
                           C5                           G5
 And I     don't   fall   for   all   your  tricks
 Is it really up to them   Whether this country sinks or floats
              B5                        C5               G5
 And you've lost the one advantage of my youth
 And I wonder who would lead us  If none of us would vote
             G5                              C5              G5
 You kill a black man at midnight    Just for talking to your daughter
 Well my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped  From whispering through the fence
           B5                                     A5                D5
 Then you make his wife your mistress   And you leave her without water
 You know every move I make  Or is that just coincidence
          G5                                   C5                       G5
  And the sheet you wear upon your face  Is the sheet your children sleep on
  Well you try to make my way of life  A5 little less like jail
       B5                        A5                  D5   ( D5 )
  And every meal you say a prayer  You don't believe but still you keep on
  If I promise to make tapes and slides  And send them through the mail

(refr?o)
C5     C5     D5        G5          C5       C5                  D5      G5
And your money says 'In God We Trust' But it's against the law to pray in
school
C5      C5     D5       G5           C5      C5           D5          G5
You say we beat the Russians to the moon  And I say you starved your children
to do it  

(final)
C5      C5          D5       C5      C5     C5             D5         G5
You say 'all men are equal all men are brothers  Then why are the rich more
equal than others
            C5          C5       A5   D5          G5
 Don't ask me for the answer I've only got one
                 C5         C5               D5             G5
       That a man leaves his darkness when he fol  lows the Son