Key: G
Introduction:
C Em D C G D
Down where the dullards rule How do you keep a match lit in this hole?
C Em Am Em
Up where the idiots lead Scattering seeds.
D C G D C G
Well, we all had to stand for the Pledge. When bones were thrown we all fetched.
D C G D C
But still, we were burning inside. How did I get out
C Em D C G D
And we read here we are free Sang "this land was made for you and me."
C Em Am Em
Watched as the president swore Called for war.
D C G D C
We all tied yellow ribbons 'round necks. And we all had to stand for the
G
Pledge.
D C G D C
So smothered by national pride. How did I get out
C Em D C G D
Back when the idiots ruled, I was a time bomb brought into school.
C Em Am Em
It was there that we learned up from down upside-down.
D C G D C
It was there that we stood for the pledge. Where the living were raised by
G
the dead.
D C G D C
Led to slaughter, kept inside the lines. So how did I get out...
D C G D C G
By some rebel angel was I blessed? Or by some devil's minion led?
D C G D C G
One by one, we all choked on the lies. How did I get out alive?
G D Em D
Hey, but I ain't no saint sent down to save
You.
G D Em D
If you struggle and fight, you just may get out,
Too.
G D Em D
Hey, but I ain't no saint sent down to save
You.
G D Em D C
If you struggle and fight, you just may get out... too...
Keep Fighting!