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