G
Another dead end job
Cadd9
In a dead end life
G
Its a dead end day
D
To a dark night
G
And you work 'til you bleed
Cadd9
And I'll bleed till you go
G D G
And I'll bleed all day to sing a song
G
Can I catch your ear
C
Did I catch your soul
G
Do you have a reason?
D
Do you have a home?
G
Do you know your rights?
C
Do you know what you see?
G
Do you know your life?
D
Do you know what to be?
G
Do you know my name?
C
Cuz this minimum wage
G D G
Ain't enough to fill this page.
G
But I ain't working for you
C
I'm working for me
G
I'm working for the people
D
That depend on me
G
And I'm doing it for food
Cadd9
For whatever I can
G
Your breaking the rules
D
You ain't breaking the man
G
For the tears that I've cried
Cadd9
For my wasted life
G D G
And I'm tired and wasted tonight
(Played over harmonica)
G Cadd9 G D G Cadd9 D G Cadd9 G D G C G C G
G
American Boy
C
American Girl
G
American ploy
D
For an American world
G
American life
C
American death
G
Its red and its white
D G
With baited breath
G
Cuz the factories are gone
C
And the malls will go too
G D
But uncle Sam still wants you
G
For the red white and blues
C
And the star studded strife
G
For the wars we wage
D
In the middle of the night
G
And the people who die
Cadd9
In the name of a lie
G
While the rich get richer
D G
And we're left behind