ok the other version of this totally slaughtered the names of the chords so i'm rewriting it with the correct chord names... G=320033 D=000232 Cadd9=032033 C=032010 Em=022000 F=133211 (bar) by the way, the F's in the chorus really arent neccisary but thats how Rich does it.

My d^Gaddy taught me ^Cadd9in this country ^Geveryones the sa^Cadd9me You ^Gwork hard for y^Cadd9our dollar and y^Gou never pass th^Cadd9e blame When^Cadd9 it dont go your way Now ^GI see all these^Cadd9 big shots whining ^Gon my evening ^Cadd9news Abou^Gt how their los^Cadd9ing billions and it^Gs up to me and^Cadd9 you To c^Cadd9ome running to ^Gthe ^Cadd9rescue^G ^Cadd9

Well^D, pardon me if ^EmI dont shed a t^Cear Ther^De selling make ^Embelieve and we ^Cdont buy that here

Chorus:

Because in the ^Emreal world their ^Cshuttin Detroit ^Gdown While the boss^Em man takes his b^Donus paid ^Cadd9jets on out of ^Dtown DCs b^Emailing out them b^Cankers as the ^Gfarmers ^Fauction ^Cground Yeah, ^Gwhile there ^Fliving up on Wall St^Creet in that New York City ^Gtown Here in the r^Geal world their ^Dshuttin Detroit ^Emdown ^C Here in the r^Geal world their ^Dshuttin Detroit ^Gdown

Verse 2:

Well^G that old mans ^Cadd9been working in ^Gthat plant most ^Cadd9all his life Now ^Ghis pension pla^Cadd9ns been cut in h^Galf and he cant ^Cadd9afford to die And its a crying shame, ^Cadd9cus he aint the one to Blame When^G I looked down ^Cadd9to see his callo^Gused hands ^Cadd9 Well^G let me tell yo^Cadd9u friend it gets^G me fightin mad ^Cadd9

Chorus:

Because in the ^Emreal world their ^Cshuttin Detroit ^Gdown While the boss^Em man takes his b^Donus paid ^Cadd9jets on out of ^Dtown DCs b^Emailing out them b^Cankers as the ^Gfarmers ^Fauction ^Cground Yeah, ^Gwhile there^F living up on ^CWall Street in that New York City ^Gtown Here in the r^Geal world their ^Dshuttin Detroit ^Emdown ^C Here in the r^Geal world their ^Dshuttin Detroit ^Gdown

^GYeah while there ^Fliving up on ^CWall Street in that New York City ^Gtown Here in the ^Greal world their ^Dshuttin Detroit ^Emdown ^C Here in the ^Greal world their ^Dshuttin Detroit ^Cdown In the ^Greal world their ^Dshuttin Detroit ^Cdown Their ^Gshuttin ^DDetroit d^Gown

(on the last two chords of the song hit the G-dd D-ud G-d) and thats pretty much it! thanks, God bless America. hiwaychild1

John Rich - Shutting detroit down