Intro: G5 G5 When we rode into town we didnt have horses G5 We had fate by the balls and destinys face turned in C5 We settled for less on loves dusty trail G5 We wanted something more than just an ok coral D5 C5 Take the skeletons from the closet, put em under the floor D5 C5 Lets settle up on boothill to the view we adore G5 Heres the truth about us, we get exhumed by assumption G5 We have to work hard, have to get on a talk show C5 Let the host root around, see where it goes G5 If thats too far well bust a chair right over his nose D5 C5 Take a bite of the big apple while the room is for free D5 C5 Spit the pulp into the Hudson like it was British tea A5 G5 Aw marina, marina, its sad and its lonely, D5 E5 when your pointing the gun at the president A5 G5 Im a flunky with a rifle, Im an NRA golden boy D5 E5 a genius forging a legend G5 Heres the truth about us, we came in demanding G5 A scarlet face wrung battle southern bell - ? C5 I let Hoover reply, left me hard to pay G5 The truth about us is buried deep in Connolys lake D5 C5 Open all the coffins, only one thing inside D5 C5 A pink dress and a pillbox hat with Camelot tags A5 G5 Aw marina, marina, its cold and its lonely D5 E5 When the porters are carrying your coffin A5 G5 Oh please baby please let the coincidence leave me D5 E5 A martyr to patriotic negligence G5 D5 G5 C5 Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to trial A5 G5 Where every girl and boy can grow up to be the president D5 E5 Or grow up to be the presidents killer A5 G5 Its equal opportunity, its the land of hope and glory D5 E5 Its a cheap Italian mail order thriller G5 Heres the truth about us, we sailed from Manhatten G5 We were hoping to find the tears from Ellis island C5 Send them back from the shore, send them back out to see G5 How a promise can grow smaller if the two sides agree D5 C5 We sent them packing off to Auschwitz when we heard the reports D5 We wrote how dare you with their ashes C5 As if we couldnt have known A5 G5 Ya see marina, marina, I took lessons from my country D5 E5 About national interest and the big picture A5 G5 Gonna manifest my destiny, gonna spread the legs of misery D5 E5 Got a piece in my hand and Im loaded G5 Well the truth about us aint hard to figure G5 Well its adding up to a hell of a toll on us C5 We been up all night, let the tympani roll G5 Facts in paper pledges turned to solid gold D5 C5 Pick up your guns from the thug in classroom B D5 C5 Theres people out there whose lives depend on our misery, misery G5 Its the truth about us...
