F#
Come you phoney super-patriotic people that say
B
That hating and fearing is my only way
F#
That this here country has got to be
/A /g /d F#
You're thinking of your sales, you ain't thinking of me.
F#
You're not thinking of any George Washington
B
You're not thinking of any Thomas Jefferson
F#
But you say that you are and you lie and mislead
C# F#
You use their names for your aims, for your selfish greed.
F# F#/A
Don't speak to me of your patriotism
B F#/A
When you throw the Southern black boy in prison
F#
And you say the only good niggers are the ones that have died
/g-bb /g /f /d F#
Don't think I'll ever stand on your side.
F#
Though you make it so hard for me to love
B
My face will never feel the slap of your glove
F#
My hands will never buy the cards that you play
/g-bb /g-bb /g /f /d F#
My feet will never walk down the road that you lay.
F#
Get out in the open, stop standing afar
B
Let the whole world see what a hypocrite you are
F#
I ain't joking and it ain't no gag
/g-bb /g /f /d F#
You bin hiding too long behind the American flag.