Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)        Amwe (x02210@1)flipped our finger to the king of england
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)     Amstole (x02210@1)our country from the indians
Am (x02210@1)              G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)        Amwith (x02210@1)god at our side and guns in our hands
F (133211@1)                 E7we (020130@1)took it for our own

a nation dedicated to liberty
justice and equality
doesn't look that way to you
it doesn't look that way to me
the sickest joke i know

[chorus]
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)           Amlisten (x02210@1)up man, i'll tell you who i am
just another stupid american
you don't wanna listen
you don't wanna understand
F (133211@1)               E (022100@1)          Amso (x02210@1)finish up your drink and go home

i come from the land of ben franklin
Twain and Poe and Walt whitman
otis redding, ellington
the country that i love
but it's a land of the slaves and the ku klux klan
haymarket riot and the great depression
don't get caught in vietnam
the sickest joke i know

[chorus]

F (133211@1)             Ei'm (022100@1)proud and ashamed
                  Amevery (x02210@1)fourth of july
Byou (x2444x@1)got to know the truth
        Ebefore (022100@1)you say that you got pride

[solo]
[chorus]

Now the cops got tanks 'cause the kids got guns
shrinks pushin' pills on everyone
cancer from the ocean
cancer from the sun
straight to hell we go

[chorus 2x]