Iris DeMent es una cantautora norteamericana, natural de Paragould (Arkansas), aunque se crió en Cypress (California) dónde comenzó a interesarse por la música country y el gospel.
Su música se mueve entre el folk y la música country, influenciada por artistas de la talla de Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell... Editó su primer álbum, Infamous Angel, en 1992. Desde entonces ha editado tres álbumes más: My Life (1994), The Way I Should (1996) y Lifeline (2002).
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 20:04:31 EST Subject: wasteland_of_the_free.crd - By Iris DeMent
Wasteland Of The Free - Written By Iris Dement >From The Album "The Way I Should" - Iris DeMent =====================================================
[Intro]
CAmGC Living in the wasteland of the free
GC We got preachers dealin' in politics and diamond mines GC And their speech is growing increasingly unkind Am They say they are Christ's disciples F But they don't look like Jesus to me CGC And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
GC We got politicians runnin' races on corporate cash GC Now don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them people's ass Am Now you may call me old-fashioned F But that don't fit my picture of a true democracy CGC And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
GC We got C E O's makin' two hundred times the workers pay GC But they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage Am And if you don't like it mister F They'll ship your job to some third world country 'cross the sea CGC And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
[Chorus] FGC Living in the wasteland of the free EAm Where the poor have now become the enemy FC Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones EAmF Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy GC Living in the wasteland of the free
GC We got little kids with guns fighting inner-city wars GC So, what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors Am And we call ourselves the advanced civilisation F But that sounds like crap to me CGC And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
GC We got high school kids runnin' 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess GC Who cannot pass a sixth grade reading test Am But if you ask them, they can tell you F The name of every crotch on MTV CGC And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
GC We kill for oil then throw a party when we win GC Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin Am But he's standin' up for what he believes in F And that seems pretty damned American to me CGC And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free
[Chorus] FGC Living in the wasteland of the free EAm Where the poor have now become the enemy FC Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones EAmF Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy GC Living in the wasteland of the free
FC Whilst we sit gloating in our greatness EAm Justice is sinking to the bottom of the sea FGC Living in the wasteland of the free FGC Living in the wasteland of the free FGC Living in the wasteland of the free
Chords: Am = X02210 C = X32010 E = 022100 F = 133211 G = 355433