A5               C5            G5          A5
we flipped our finger to the king of england
F5            C5          G5       A5
stole our country from the indians
A5                G5        F5          A5
with god at our side and guns in our hands
F5                   E5
we 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]
C5           G5         F5             A5
listen up man, i'll tell you who i am

just another stupid american

you don't wanna listen

you don't wanna understand
F5                 E5            A5
so 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]
F5               E5
i'm proud and ashamed
                  A5
every fourth of july
B5
you got to know the truth
        E5
before 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]