[INTRO]
[G] [C]
[VERSE 1]
[G]Wanna know what Uncle Joe thinks?
We oughta tak[C]e them tanks and guns and bombs
And load[G] them planes and get them boys and girls on home [C]
That gets my dad[G] mad, boiling red
[C]Revved up vein poppin' outta his head
Sayin' you [G]pull out now, you shame the ones
Who foug[C]ht and bled and came home dead
For your ri[Am]ght to gripe, lef[G]t to right
Then mom[C]ma shouts, boys hush [G]your mouth
[Am]Grab a plate and bow yo[Bm]ur heads[C]
And be thankful when the grace is said 'cause...
[CHORUS]
[G]That's the th[C]ing about Am[D]erica
[G] You can dream o[C]r do or say what you[D] wanna
You can run [Em]it down if you can back it up[C]
You can bur[G]n the flag or be t[D]he man
Who take[Am]s a stand, says I'll[G] be damned
If some bl[C]eedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
[G] That's the thing about Americ[D]a
[INTERLUDE]
[G] [C]
[VERSE 2]
Now the coffee and the T[G]V's on
And we're e[C]ating the pie handed [G]down
From my grandma's side from her grandma
When she[C] arrived back in '25
She tells us all[G] again
How her mo[C]m came off of that big boat
With all[G] them folks all skin and bones
And an a[C]ngry mob sayin' go back home
Now the an[Am]chorman says they're making[G] plans
[C]Fencing up the Rio[G] Grande
Aunt K[Am]itty drops her fork[G] and shouts Amen [C]
And granny says hell just let 'em all in
[CHORUS]
[G]That's the thing [C]about Americ[D]a
[G] You can dream o[C]r do or say what you[D] wanna
You can run [Em]it down if you can back it up[C]
You can bur[G]n the flag or be t[D]he man
Who take[Am]s a stand, says I'll[G] be damned
If some bl[C]eedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
[G] That's the thing about Americ[D]a [Em]
[INTERLUDE]
[C] [D] [Em]
[CHORUS]
[G]That's the thing [C]about Americ[D]a
[G] You can dream o[C]r do or say what you[D] wanna
You can run [Em]it down if you can back it up[C]
You can bur[G]n the flag or be t[D]he man
Who take[Am]s a stand, says I'll[G] be damned
If some bl[C]eedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
[G] That's the thing about America [D]
[G]That's the thing [C]about Americ[D]a
[G] [C]
[VERSE 1]
[G]Wanna know what Uncle Joe thinks?
We oughta tak[C]e them tanks and guns and bombs
And load[G] them planes and get them boys and girls on home [C]
That gets my dad[G] mad, boiling red
[C]Revved up vein poppin' outta his head
Sayin' you [G]pull out now, you shame the ones
Who foug[C]ht and bled and came home dead
For your ri[Am]ght to gripe, lef[G]t to right
Then mom[C]ma shouts, boys hush [G]your mouth
[Am]Grab a plate and bow yo[Bm]ur heads[C]
And be thankful when the grace is said 'cause...
[CHORUS]
[G]That's the th[C]ing about Am[D]erica
[G] You can dream o[C]r do or say what you[D] wanna
You can run [Em]it down if you can back it up[C]
You can bur[G]n the flag or be t[D]he man
Who take[Am]s a stand, says I'll[G] be damned
If some bl[C]eedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
[G] That's the thing about Americ[D]a
[INTERLUDE]
[G] [C]
[VERSE 2]
Now the coffee and the T[G]V's on
And we're e[C]ating the pie handed [G]down
From my grandma's side from her grandma
When she[C] arrived back in '25
She tells us all[G] again
How her mo[C]m came off of that big boat
With all[G] them folks all skin and bones
And an a[C]ngry mob sayin' go back home
Now the an[Am]chorman says they're making[G] plans
[C]Fencing up the Rio[G] Grande
Aunt K[Am]itty drops her fork[G] and shouts Amen [C]
And granny says hell just let 'em all in
[CHORUS]
[G]That's the thing [C]about Americ[D]a
[G] You can dream o[C]r do or say what you[D] wanna
You can run [Em]it down if you can back it up[C]
You can bur[G]n the flag or be t[D]he man
Who take[Am]s a stand, says I'll[G] be damned
If some bl[C]eedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
[G] That's the thing about Americ[D]a [Em]
[INTERLUDE]
[C] [D] [Em]
[CHORUS]
[G]That's the thing [C]about Americ[D]a
[G] You can dream o[C]r do or say what you[D] wanna
You can run [Em]it down if you can back it up[C]
You can bur[G]n the flag or be t[D]he man
Who take[Am]s a stand, says I'll[G] be damned
If some bl[C]eedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
[G] That's the thing about America [D]
[G]That's the thing [C]about Americ[D]a
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