IntroCmCmCmCm
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Verse 1Cm
Let's start with hope
Cm
I threw in the middle like a skipping stone
CmCm
The ripples won, son of a gun
Cm
Some would not have thought so
GG7
But I stand here commander in chief.
Cm
And I take that seriously
Verse 2Cm
But along the way
CmA rogue ripple turned tidal wave
CmCm
In reaction to, what I tried to do
CmA rebirth of a nation's hatred
GG7
Red, white, and blue. Is black in there too?
Cm
Seriously?
CmBridge 1Eb
One man
G
Rewriting the book on bad behavior
Cm
Maybe cheats the neighbors
Ab
Feels he gets what they payed for
Eb
We can't
G
Pat him on the back and send him on through,
CmAb
No man's ignorance will ever be his virtue
G
Is this best we can be?
G7Cm
Seriously?
Verse 3Cm
Let's talk of fear
Cm
And why I don't bring it in here
CmCm
It's a dangerous word, it spooks the heard
Cm
And we all bleed in the stampede
GG7
Fear makes a false friend indeed
Cm
And I take it seriously
[Pre-BridgeCm
But hear me now,
Cm
Before the truth gets drowned out
Cm
By a demagogue flexing
CmA demagogue flexing
GG7
He's history repeating
Bridge 2Eb
Angry?
GAm I angry?
Cm
You ask if I'm angry.
Ab
And I'm at a loss for words
Eb
After all we've done,
G
Every battle hard one,
Cm
Every hair gone gray
Ab
In this name of this place
Eb
In a history plagued
G
With in-credible mistakes
Cm
Still I pledge my allegiance to these
GG7
U-nited Divided States
Cm
Seriously?
CmVerse 4Cm
Let's end with why
Cm
It's a question I
CmCm
Want to ask of us, as a populace
Cm
Why not take our time
GG7
Or the weight of the story...
N.C.
...Seriously
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