Shovels & Rope - Oh great america

There are ^Gtears rolling down my front and back There are ^Emmirrors holding up a one-eyed jack There’s a ^Dhurricane swinging at a lowly shack In two-tousand ^Cseven^Gteen

There’s a ^Gcompass lost on the open sea Another ^Emshooter in my community There’s a ^Dsteady stream of insanity In two-tousand ^Cseven^Gteen

There’s a ^Gdog with a nuclear bomb in his mouth Hey, ^Emold white man, meet the brave new south Don’t ^Dit just make you want to scream and shout In two-tousand ^Cseven^Gteen

TV is as ^Gbusy as a can of bait Point and ^Emclick and get it now, you never have have to stop and wait But your ^Dairplane is going to be a little late In two-tousand ^Cseven^Gteen

My ^Geyes and my ears and my senses are tired ^EmEverybody’s scared, everybody’s inspired The ^Dworld is under water and it’s also on fire In two-tousand ^Cseven^Gteen

So, ^CGreat America Come ^Gon, come on, come ^Don We were ^Cmade in histeria There is ^Glitter on your ^Dlawn

If it’s ^Csmoking while you’re sleaping There’ll be ^Gfire in the ^Ddawn ^CCome on, America Come ^Don, come ^Con, come ^Gon

You ^Gtalk like this but you live like that It says “^Emgo back home” on your welcome mat Did ^Dsomeone really say that the world is flat In two-tousand ^Cseven^Gteen

There’s ^Gconstant unchecked brutality Brave ^Emman takes a stand by dropping to his knee I’ll try to ^Dunderstand you, try to understand me In two-tousand ^Cseven^Gteen ^{Em D C}Two-tousand seven^Gteen