America

artist : stephen lynch song : america album : 3 balloons transcribed by : david podradchik note : for personal use/scholarship only; this song is quite scholarly . . . satire , that is . "and if you don’t think so , fxxk you . " chords used : D A E F#m Asus4 E - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - | B - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - | G - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - | D - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - | A - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - | E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D A E F#m hey , hey what do you say? D A E F#m i come from a place called the u . s . of A . D A E F#m ho , ho what do you know? D A E hop in my car and let’s go . A E well this is a song for america , A E home of the red , white , and blue . D A land of marilyn monroe and james dean , D A apple pie , baseball , and shell gasoline , A E A and if you don’t love her fxxk you . D A E F#m beloved by all from tikrit to beijing , D A E F#m if the world were a school we’d be homecoming king . D A E F#m worshiped by france and by north vietnam , D A E afghanistan thinks we’re the bomb . A E oh , this is a song for america , A E home of the red , white , and blue . D A land of marilyn monroe and james dean , D A apple pie , baseball , and shell gasoline , D A suvs , handguns , and us magazine , A E A and if you don’t love her , fxxk you . D A E F#m our human rights record is something of note : D A E F#m we freed all our slaves and gave women the vote . D A E F#m everyone’s equal forever , always , D A E unless you’re one of them gays . A E oh , this is a song for america , A E home of the red , white , and blue . D A land of marilyn monroe and james dean , D A apple pie , baseball , and shell gasoline , D A suvs , handguns , and us magazine , D A low - carb diets and fast food cuisine , A E A and if you don’t love her fxxk you . D A E F#m to all war - torn nations , to those in turmoil , D A E F#m we’ll help you kill despots , we’ll help you drill oil , D A E F#m and if you don’t want our help , that’s ok D A E we’re coming in anyway . A E oh , this is a song for america , A E home of the red , white , and blue . D A land of marilyn monroe and james dean , D A apple pie , baseball , and shell gasoline , D A suvs , handguns , and us magazine , D A low - carb diets and fast food cuisine , D A crack cocaine , abu ghraib , and nicotine , D A swindling ceos getting off clean , D A housewives all hopped up on amphetamine , D A nipples get rated nc - 17 , D A fema and levees and hurricane katrine D F#m george bush’s great rolling war machine . D E A i think we’re in trouble , don’t you? D A E F#m it might seem i don’t think our country’s so great , D A E F#m but intolerance , bigotry , greed’s what i hate . D A E F#m most folks are honest and decent and true , D A E F#m peaceful , compassionate , good through and through . D A E F#m that’s what it means to be red , white , and blue , D E A and if you don’t think so fxxk you , D E A Asus4 A if you don’t think so fxxk you .