Key: D
Introduction:
D C
Home of the braves, Land of the free,
D C
Where "freedom of choice" just means Coke OR Pepsi...
D
But I'm not buying it.
D C
They say if you're not working, You're just wasting away,
D C
"Employment gaps look bad on your resume"...
D
But I'm not buying, I'm not buying.
D Db F#
I'm not buying their incentives, Their lies, their empty promises --
G D Db B
Just chains in disguise -- While we let them steal away our very lives!
D Db B
Tell me why there's still a 40-hour work week, While unemployment's on the rise?
D Db B
Why do we keep overproducing but still it's hard just to survive?
D Db B
Why does "surplus" food rot while hungry people die??
(Repeat Intro) X2
D
We're stripped of human dignity, Forced to live in poverty,
Cuz in this land of the free our 'freedom' is all fake.
B
And tax slaves to the economy of the capitalist state!
D C
It's illegal to squat or live on the street,
D C
But rent is extortion when you have to pay to sleep...
D
But I'm not buying in.
D C
We're just indentured servants, Living on the master's land,
D C
Serfs trying to buy back our freedom on the lay-away plan...
D
But I'm not buying, I'm not buying,
I'm not buying.