The Great American Novel

G C G I was born and raised an orphan In a land that once was free You are far across the ocean In a war that's not your own Bm Am D In a land that poured it's love out on the moon And whilst you're winning theirs You're gonna lose the one at home G C G And I grew up in the shadows Of your silos filled with grain Do you really think the only way To bring about the peace Bm C G But you never helped to fill my empty spoon Is to sacrifice your children And kill all your enemies G C G And when I was ten you murdered law With courtroom politics The politicians all make speeches While the news men all take note Bm Am D G And you learned to make a lie sound just like truth But I know you better now ed And they exagerate the issues As they shove it down our throats C G And I don't fall for all your tricks Is it really up to them Whether this country sinks or floats Bm C G And you've lost the one advantage of my youth And I wonder who would lead us If none of us would vote G C G You kill a black man at midnight Just for talking to your daughter Well my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped From whispering through the fence Bm Am D Then you make his wife your mistress And you leave her without water You know every move I make Or is that just coincidence G C G And the sheet you wear upon your face Is the sheet your children sleep on Well you try to make my way of life A little less like jail Bm Am D (Dsus4) And every meal you say a prayer You don't believe but still you keep on If I promise to make tapes and slides And send them through the mail [Refrão]C Csus D G C Csus D G And your money says 'In God We Trust' But it's against the law to pray in school C Csus D G C Csus D G You say we beat the Russians to the moon And I say you starved your children to do it (final) C Csus D C C Csus D G You say 'all men are equal all men are brothers Then why are the rich more equal than others C Csus A D G Don't ask me for the answer I've only got one C Csus D G That a man leaves his darkness when he fol lows the Son