Land of the free (2019)    (video)

G - D - G - C - G - Cm - B7 - Em - D - C - - -

+ instrumental = verse 1 (lines 1 to 4)

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1. Can't wipe the wind-blown smile from across my face,

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it's just the old man and me,

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washing his truck at the Sinclair station,

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in the land of the free.

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His mother Adeline's family came on a ship,

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cut coal and planted a seed,

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down in them drift mines of Pennsylvania

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in the land of the free.

G D C G

Land of the free, in the land of the free, land of the free !

Cm B7 Em

Land of the free, land of the free,

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land of the free, in the land of the free !

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2. When I go out in my car, I don't think twice,

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but if you're the wrong color skin,

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you grow up looking over both your shoulders,

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in the land of the free.

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We got more people locked up than the rest of the world,

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right here in Red, White and Blue.

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Incarceration's become big business,

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it's harvest time out on the avenue.

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Land of the free, in the land of the free, land of the free !

Cm B7 Em

Land of the free ! Move on, there’s nothing to see,

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land of the free, in the land of the free !

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+ Oh......

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I'm standing crying, oh.

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I'm standing crying, oh.

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3. So, how many daughters, tell me, how many sons,

C

do we have to have to put in the ground

G

before we just break down and face it ?

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We got a problem with guns ? Oh !

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in the land of the free.

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Down at the border, they're gonna put up a wall,

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concrete and Rebar Steel beams (I’m standing crying),

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high enough to keep all those filthy hands off

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of our hopes and our dreams (I’m standing crying)

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People who just want the same things we do - - -

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in the land of the free.

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Land of the free, in the land of the free, land of the free !

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Land of the free, land of the free,

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land of the free, in the land of the free !

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Land of the free, land of the free, land of the free !

Cm B7 Em

Land of the free, land of the free,

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land of the free, in the land of the free !

G D C Em

(a capella) Land of the free, land of the free, land of the free !

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Land of the free, land of the free,

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land of the free, in the land of the free !

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+ I'm standing crying !

(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Killers)