What It Means Chords & Lyrics - Drive-by Truckers

[VERSE 1]
[E]He was running down the street
[E]When they shot him in his tracks
[A4]About the only thing[A9] agreed upon
[A4]Is he ain't coming b[A9]ack
[E]There won't be any trial
[E]So the air it won't be cleared
[A4]There's just two sid[A9]es calling names
[A4]Out of anger out of [A9]fear
[E]If you say it wasn't racial
[E]When they shot him in his tracks
[A4]Well I guess that me[A9]ans that you ain't black
[A4]It means that you ai[A9]n't black
[E]I mean Barack Obama won
[E]And you can choose where to eat
[A4]But you don't see to[A9]o many white kids lying
[A4]Bleeding on the stre[A9]et

[VERSE 2]
[E]In some town in Missouri
[E]But it could be anywhere
[A4]It could be right he[A9]re on Ruth Street
[A4]In fact it's happene[A9]d here
[E]And it happened where you're sitting
[E]Wherever that might be
[A4]And it happened last[A9] weekend
[A4]And it will happen a[A9]gain next week
[E]And when they turned him over
[E]They were surprised there was no gun
[A4]I mean he must have [A9]done something
[A4]Or else why would he[A9] have run
[E]And they'll spin it for the anchors
[E]On the television screen
[A4]So we can shrug and [A9]let it happen
[A4]Without asking what [A9]it means

[CHORUS]
[E]What it means?
[E]What it means?

[VERSE 3]
[E]Then I guess there was protesting
[E]And some looting in some stores
[A4]And someone was remi[A9]nded that
[A4]They ain't called co[A9]lored folks no more
[E]I mean we try to be politically
[E]Correct when we call names
[A4]But what's the point[A9] of post-racial
[A4]When old prejudice r[A9]emains?
[E]And that guy who killed that kid
[E]Down in Florida standing ground
[A4]Is free to beat up o[A9]n his girlfriend
[A4]And wave his brand n[A9]ew gun around
[E]While some kid is dead and buried
[E]And laying in the ground
[E]With a pocket full of skittles

[CHORUS]
[E]What it means?
[E]What it means?

[VERSE 4]
[E]Astrophysics at our fingertips
[E]And we're standing at the summit
[A4]And some man with a [A9]joystick
[A4]Lands a rocket on a [A9]comet
[E]We're living in an age
[E]Where limitations are forgotten
[A4]The outer edges move[A9] and dazzle us
[A4]But the core is some[A9]thing rotten
[E]And we're standing on the precipice
[E]Of prejudice and fear
[A4]We trust science jus[A9]t as long
[A4]As it tells us what [A9]we want to hear
[E]We want our truths all fair and balanced
[E]As long as our notions lie within it
[A4]There's no sunlight [A9]in our asses
[A4]And our heads are st[A9]uck up in it
[E]And our heroes may be rapists
[E]Who watch us while we dream
[A4]But don't look to me[A9] for answers
[A4]Cuz I don't know wha[A9]t it means

[CHORUS]
[E]What it means?
[E]What it means?