Tom: Em
G C G
I love this country, I love the people and the land
G D
But there’s a lot of stuff happening that I can’t understand
G C G
We got billions for bailouts, we got trillions for wars
G D G
But it’s hard for working people to make a living anymore
G C G
Hear me out for a second, this ain’t a partisan song
G D
It ain’t about right and left, it’s about right and wrong
G C G
We’re fighting over the scraps while a few are living like kings
G D G
‘Cause screwing us over’s a bipartisan thing
[Chorus]
C G C G
And it’s working people who made this country great
C G D
Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate
C G B7 C
And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me
G D C
Oh say, can you see?
[Verse]
G C G
See, I got a neighbour, we don’t always agree
G D
He’s a bit of a redneck, according to a hippy like me
G C G
But if you’re in the ditch, he’ll pull you out, I know he will
G D G
And that’s more than I can say for all those dickheads on the hill
G C G
He works hard for his family, he’s got loyalty and pride
G D
The company took all he gave and then cast him aside
G C G
See, there’s profit in poverty, hell, there’s profit in prisons
G D G
And they don’t even pay taxes, they just buy politicians
[Chorus]
C G C G
But it’s working people who made this country great
C G D
Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate
C G B7 C
And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me
G D C
Oh say, can you see?
Em D C
Oh say, can you see?
[Verse]
G C G
In New York Harbour there’s a lady with a flame
G D
Still calling in the huddled masses in Liberty’s name
G C G
But there’s fear on the airwaves and hatred wrapped in the flag
G D G
Turning strangers into enemies and our riches into rags
G C G
And a revolution to break the grip of greed
G D
Don’t need a strongman or a saviour, but I believe we’re gonna need
G C G
Whatever magic this old world’s got left to start
G D G
And all the ammunition in the chambers of our hearts
[Chorus]
C G C G
It’s working people who made this country great
C G D
Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate
C G B7 C
And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me
G D C
Oh say, can you see?
Em D C
Oh say, can you see?
