That's The Thing About America Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Wanna know what
Uncle Joe thinks?
We oughta take [C]them tank
s and guns and bomb[G]s
And load them planes and get them
boys [C]and girls on home

[Verse 2]
That gets my [G]dad mad, boiling red
[C]Revved up vein poppin'
outta his head
Sayin' you [G]pull out now,
you shame the ones
[C]Who fought and bled and
came home dead

[Verse 3]
For your [Am]right to gripe, [G]left to right
Then [C]momma shouts,
boys [G]hush your mouth
[Am]Grab a plate and [G]bow your [C]heads
And be thankful when the grace
is said [G]'cause
That's [C]the thing about

[Verse 4]
[D]America[G]
You [C]can dream or do [D]or say
what you wanna
You can [Em]run it down
if you can [C]back it up
You can [G]burn the flag or [D]be the man
[Am]Who takes a stand,
says [G]I'll be damned
If some [C]bleedin' heart
thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white,
and the blue, and the [G]red
That's [C]the thing about [D]America
[G]

[Verse 5]
[C]Now the coffee and the[G] TV's on
And we're [C]eating the pie
handed down
From my [G]grandma's side
from her grandma
When [C]she arrived back in '25

[Verse 6]
She tells [G]us all again
How her [C]mom came off of that big boat
With [G]all them folks all skin and bones
And an [C]angry mob sayin' go back home
[Am]Now the

[Verse 7]
anchorman says
they're [G]making plans
[C]Fencing up the Rio Grande
[G]Aunt Kit[Am]ty drops her[G] fork
and shouts [C]Amen
And granny says hell just
let 'em all [G]in
That's [C]the thing about

[Verse 8]
[D]America[G]
You [C]can dream or do [D]or say
what you wanna
You can [Em]run it down
if you can [C]back it up
You can [G]burn the flag or [D]be the man
[Am]Who takes a stand,
says [G]I'll be damned
If some [C]bleedin' heart
thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white,
and the blue, and the [G]red
That's [C]the thing about [D]America
[Em][C]

[Interlude 1]
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That's [C]the thing about

[Verse 9]
[D]
[G]America
You [C]can dream or do [D]or say
what you wanna
You can [Em]run it down
if you can [C]back it up
You can [G]burn the flag or [D]be the man
[Am]Who takes a stand,
says [G]I'll be damned
If some [C]bleedin' heart
thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white,
and the [Em]blue, and the [G]red
That's [C]the thing about [D]America
[G]That's the[C] thing about Ame[D]rica

[Outro 1]
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