Once They Banned Imagine Chords & Lyrics - Drive-by Truckers

[INTRO]

[C] [G] [F] x2

[VERSE 1]

[C]We had our heart strings dangling [G]ripe for the yanking
And [F]lot of reasons grabby was good
[C]Poor huddled masses singing [G]boots up their asses
Giving [F]grabby what he needed to pull
[C]All the way back to where [G]ghosts from the past were still
[F]Fighting their wars from the grave
[C]Complete with record burning and [G]threatening and spurning
The [F]crime of getting blood on the page

[C] [G] [F] x2

[VERSE 2]

[C]Since the big one ended we'd been [G]mostly pretending
We'd have [F]had the same gumption and grit
As the [C]greatest among us when [G]harm came upon us
[F]We wouldn't hesitate to defend
[C]But with or against something's [G]been out to get us
And it [F]looked like something finally did
No [C]nobler cause in our [G]lifetime for setting our
[F]Sails to the wind

[CHORUS]

[G]But once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always [F]been
[C]Once they banned Imagine it [G]became the war it was when we were [F]kids
[G]But once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always [F]been
[C]Once they banned Imagine it [G]became the war it was when we were [F]kids

[BRIDGE]

[Am] [F] [C] x2

[Bridge Verse]

Are you [Am]now or have you ever been in [F]cahoots
With the [C]notion that people can [Bb]change
When [Am]history happens a[G]gain if you do
Or you [F]did you'll be blamed
[Am]From baseless inquiry to [F]no knocking entry
Bec[C]oming the law of the l[Bb]and
To [Am]half cocked excuses for b[G]ullet abuse
Regarding [F]anything browner than tan

[CHORUS]

[G]Cause once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always [F]been
[C]Once they banned Imagine it [G]became the war it was when we were [F]kids
[G]Cause once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always [F]been
[C]Once they banned Imagine it [G]became the war it was when we were [F]kids