Standard Tuning
e | --7---7---7---7---7---7---5---4---- |
B | ----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-- |
G | ----------------------------------- |
D | ----------------------------------- |
A | ----------------------------------- |
E | ----------------------------------- | Lead if you have another guitar
Intro
E5 F#5 C#5
E5 F#5 C#5
Verse 1
E5 F#5 C#5
Well they tied that yellow ribbon round the oak tree.
E5 F#5 C#5
They've worn out all the prayer in their hearts.
A5 E5 B5
All along thought they were routing for the home team ,
A5 B5 C5
As they're sent to the game and torn apart.
E5 F#5 C#5
We twist this tourniquet upon the pipeline,
E5 F#5 C#5
That he carries all the pain in the world.
A5 E5 B5
As we blindly clap and cheer from the sidelines
A5 B5
It's clear, on a losing streak from the very start.
Chorus
C5 C#5 A5 E5
And that's where they found me,
B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5
In the cemetery.
C#5 A5
A smoking gun in my hand,
E5 B5 A5
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
B5
Sing with me,
E5
The american scream.
Intro
E5 F#5 C#5
E5 F#5 C#5
Verse 2
E5 F#5 C#5
They took that faded ribbon off the oak tree.
E5 F#5 C#5
They've worn out all the hope in their hearts.
A5 E5 B5
All along thought I was doing the right thing,
A5 B5
Now I'm lying in a pool of my blood.
Chorus
C5 C#5 A5 E5
And that's where they found me,
B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5
In the cemetery.
C#5 A5
A smoking gun in my hand,
E5 B5 A5
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
B5
Sing with me,
C#5 A5 E5
And that's where they found me,
B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5
In the cemetery.
C#5 A5
A smoking gun in my hand,
E5 B5 A5
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
B5
Sing with me,
Bridge (Solo)
E5 A5 C#5 B5 A5
The american scream.
E5 A5 C#5 B5 A5
The american scream.
Chorus
C#5 A5 E5
And that's where they found me,
B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5
In the cemetery.
C#5 A5
A smoking gun in my hand,
E5 B5 A5
Now I'm damned for the land of the free.
B5
Sing with me,
C#m~~
The american scream.
