Drive-By Truckers - Once they banned imagine

^CWe had our heart strings dangling ^Gripe for the yanking And ^Flot of reasons grabby was good ^CPoor huddled masses singing ^Gboots up their asses Giving ^Fgrabby what he needed to pull ^CAll the way back to where ^Gghosts from the past were still ^FFighting their wars from the grave ^CComplete with record burning and ^Gthreatening and spurning The ^Fcrime of getting blood on the page

^CSince the big one ended we'd been ^Gmostly pretending We'd have ^Fhad the same gumption and grit As the ^Cgreatest among us when ^Gharm came upon us ^FWe wouldn't hesitate to defend ^CBut with or against something's ^Gbeen out to get us And it ^Flooked like something finally did No ^Cnobler cause in our ^Glifetime for setting our ^FSails to the wind

^GBut once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always ^Fbeen ^COnce they banned Imagine it ^Gbecame the war it was when we were ^Fkids ^GBut once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always ^Fbeen ^COnce they banned Imagine it ^Gbecame the war it was when we were ^Fkids

Are you ^Amnow or have you ever been in ^Fcahoots With the ^Cnotion that people can ^Bbchange When ^Amhistory happens a^Ggain if you do Or you ^Fdid you'll be blamed ^AmFrom baseless inquiry to ^Fno knocking entry Bec^Coming the law of the l^Bband To ^Amhalf cocked excuses for b^Gullet abuse Regarding ^Fanything browner than tan

^GCause once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always ^Fbeen ^COnce they banned Imagine it ^Gbecame the war it was when we were ^Fkids ^GCause once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always ^Fbeen ^COnce they banned Imagine it ^Gbecame the war it was when we were ^Fkids