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