[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Wanna know what Uncle Joe thinks?
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We oughta take them tanks and guns and bombs
G C
And load them planes and get them boys and girls on home
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That gets my dad mad, boiling red
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Revved up vein poppin' outta his head
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Sayin' you pull out now, you shame the ones
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Who fought and bled and came home dead
Am G
For your right to gripe, left to right
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Then momma shouts, boys hush your mouth
Am Bm C
Grab a plate and bow your heads
And be thankful when the grace is said 'cause...
[Chorus]
G C D
That's the thing about America
G C D
You can dream or do or say what you wanna
Em C
You can run it down if you can back it up
G D
You can burn the flag or be the man
Am G
Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
C
If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G D
That's the thing about America
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Now the coffee and the TV's on
C G
And we're eating the pie handed down
From my grandma's side from her grandma
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When she arrived back in '25
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She tells us all again
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How her mom came off of that big boat
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With all them folks all skin and bones
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And an angry mob sayin' go back home
Am G
Now the anchorman says they're making plans
C G
Fencing up the Rio Grande
Am G C
Aunt Kitty drops her fork and shouts Amen
And granny says hell just let 'em all in
[Chorus]
G C D
That's the thing about America
G C D
You can dream or do or say what you wanna
Em C
You can run it down if you can back it up
G D
You can burn the flag or be the man
Am G
Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
C
If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G D Em
That's the thing about America
[Interlude]
C D Em
[Chorus]
G C D
That's the thing about America
G C D
You can dream or do or say what you wanna
Em C
You can run it down if you can back it up
G D
You can burn the flag or be the man
Am G
Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
C
If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G D
That's the thing about America
G C D
That's the thing about America