Strung Out
Firecracker
Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
1996 Fat Wreck Chords
Submitted by: jeremyunderground412yahoo.com
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
C/E - 032xxx
Em - 022000
Am - x02210
F - 133211
G - 320003
Dm - xx0231
Intro:
C--C/E--F-G- x3
Verse 1:
C
The other day I
swear to God I got
a letter in the mail
Am
that Said register with
us or you're Gonna go
F
to jail You'll be put
inside a cage then
G
Forced to enlist Well
C
I laughed out loud
said I Won't comply
Am
To be labeled as one
of those Who qualify
F
to be shipped off to
Dm G
Fight some fucking wars
Chorus 1:
F
Cause war is not about
G C
policy religion It's
Am
about economy and
F G
I'm not dying to set
C C/E F G x4
your country free
Verse 2:
C
I'll never bow to
F
your expectations
Am
I never have I
G
never will I'm not
C
a puppet pawn or
F
Figure head I'm
Dm
a man of my Own
G C
free will Our freedoms
F
are slowly surrendered
Dm
As they take more than
G C
their fill How much
Am
power is ever enough
G
for The men the men
C C/E F G x4
on Capitol Hill
Verse 4:
C
They're cutting back
Am
on welfare Ilegalizing
F
harmlessness am I the
Only one to see there's
G
something Wrong with this
C
I don't have the answers
Am
won't Pretend to say I
F
will but to put My trust
G
in government I think
C Em F Am G x4
I think I'd rather kill
Verse 5:
C
Off mighty word
democracy Spells
Am
freedom for you
F
and me The books
have all been written
G
And the prophets
C
denied Little by
little watch this
Am
state Begin to fall
F
as we awaken from
This dream and
G
find ourselves
C C/E F G x4
Nailed to the wall
Interlude:
C--C/E--F-G- x3
Chorus 2:
C
Oh firecracker patriotic
C/E
lire you were Burning
bright the day the
F
country Died in all
G
your glory in all your
C
Pride Light the way
C/E
torch of Liberty Light
the sky for the whole
F
world To see in all
G
your glory in all
Your pride
Outro: C-C/E-F-G- x4, C(hold)