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Wasteland Of The Free

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
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 C                     Am                             G                               C 
Living in the wasteland of the free
               G                                                               C 
We got preachers dealin' in politics and diamond mines
                     G                                     C 
And their speech is growing increasingly unkind
 Am 
    They say they are Christ's disciples
         F 
But they don't look like Jesus to me
                             C               G                                           C 
And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
               G                                                     C 
We got politicians runnin' races on corporate cash
                               G                                                         C 
Now don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them people's ass
 Am 
    Now you may call me old-fashioned
         F 
But that don't fit my picture of a true democracy
                             C               G                                           C 
And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free

                         G                                           C 
But they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage
 Am 
    And if you don't like it mister
                                     F 
They'll ship your job to some third world country 'cross the sea
                             C               G                                           C 
And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
 F                           G                               C 
  Living in the wasteland of the free
 E                                                                           Am 
  Where the poor have now become the enemy
 F                               C 
  Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones
 E                                               Am                     F 
Sounds like some kind of     Hitler remedy
                             G                                   C 
Living in the wasteland of the free
               G                                                         C 
We got little kids with guns fighting inner-city wars
                               G                                             C 
So, what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors
 Am 
    And we call ourselves the advanced civilisation
 F 
  But that sounds like crap to me
                             C               G                                           C 
And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
               G                                                                 C 
We got high school kids runnin' 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess
                       G                                                   C 
Who cannot pass a sixth grade reading test
 Am 
    But if you ask them, they can tell you
 F 
  The name of every crotch on MTV
                             C               G                                           C 
And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
                         G                             C 
We kill for oil then throw a party when we win
                       G                                       C 
Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin
 Am 
    But he's standin' up for what he believes in
 F 
  And that seems pretty damned American to me
                             C               G                                           C 
And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
 F                             G                             C 
  Living in the wasteland of the free
 E                                                                           Am 
  Where the poor have now become the enemy
 F                               C 
  Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones
 E                                               Am                     F 
Sounds like some kind of     Hitler remedy
                             G                                   C 
Living in the wasteland of the free
 F                         C 
Whilst we sit gloating in our greatness
 E                                                 Am 
Justice is sinking to the bottom of the sea
 F                             G                                   C 
    Living in the wasteland of the free
 F                             G                                   C 
    Living in the wasteland of the free
 F                             G                                   C 
    Living in the wasteland of the free