F
Come you phoney super-patriotic people that say
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That hating and fearing is my only way
F
That this here country has got to be
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You're thinking of your sales, you ain't thinking of me.
F
You're not thinking of any George Washington
A#
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/Ab
Don't speak to me of your patriotism
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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
A#
My face will never feel the slap of your glove
F
My hands will never buy the cards that you play
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My feet will never walk down the road that you lay.
F
Get out in the open, stop standing afar
A#
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.