Land Of The Free

capo: 3rd fret [Verse (1)] G Can't wipe the wind-blown smile D G From across my face C G it's just the old man in me C Bm Em washing his truck at the sinclair station C in the land of the free ( ooh ) G His mother, adeline's family D G Came on a ship C G cut coal and planted a seed C Em G down in them drift mines of pennsylvania D C In the land of the free Chorus G D C land of the free, land of the free G C Land of the free, land of the free Em C Land of the free, land of the free G In the land of the free ( i'm standing crying ) [Verse (2)] G When i go out in my car, i don't think twice C G but if you're the wrong color skin ( i'm standing, crying ) C Em you grow up looking G Over both your shoulders D In the land of the free G And we got more people locked up than the rest of the world C G right here in red white and blue ( i'm standing, crying ) C Em G incarceration's become big business It's harvest time out on the avenue Chorus G D C land of the free, land of the free G C Land of the free, land of the free Em C Land of the free, land of the free D C In the land of the free Bridge G Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh I'm standing crying ( oh-oh-oh-oh ) Em G I'm standing crying ( oh-oh-oh-oh ) D G so how many daughters tell me, how many sons C Do we have to have to put in the ground G Before we just break down and face it Em We got a problem with guns? ( oh-oh-oh-oh ) G In the land of the free Down at the border, they're gonna put up a wall C G concrete and rebar steel beams ( i'm standing crying ) C Em high enough to keep all those filthy hands off C D Em of our hopes and our dreams ( i'm standing crying ) C Em people who just want the same things we do D in the land of the free Chorus G D C land of the free, land of the free G C Land of the free, land of the free Em C Land of the free, land of the free G In the land of the free G C Land of the free, land of the free G C Land of the free, land of the free Em C Land of the free, land of the free D In the land of the free G C Land of the free, land of the free G C Land of the free, land of the free Em C Land of the free, land of the free D In the land of the free ( i'm standing, crying )