G c In America you?re born with a silver spoon G D Or in the back of the bus by the light of the moon Em C And when you die they say ?It?ll all be changing soon G D G And you?ll be free, you?ll be free, you?ll be free? G C It was two hundred years of war that lit that freedom torch G D Went from Southhampton fields up to the White House porch Em C And they?re still shooting all the kids for trying to break that yoke G How can you breathe? D How can you breathe? G How can you breathe? G C They gave a fortune away to some Wall Street bank G D Like a treasure was sunk on a ship already sank Em And they?re still standing on the deck C Trying to get us to walk the plank G D G While they?re lost at sea, lost at sea, lost at sea G C But I ain't never had more than ten dollars to my name G D And I?ve been told my whole life, ?Boy you got to hide your shame? Em C For being born like a match set afire by the flame G D G But I will burn free, I will burn free, I will burn free G C When I look all around me, I wonder where they?ve gone G D All the people that I loved reduced to memories in a song Em I can hear them trying to remind me C Just remember right from wrong G D G Because we fought for thee, we fought for thee, we fought for thee G C But I see hatred in the eyes of all these people running scared G D Like the world?s been taken by someone who finally dared Em To just stand up and say we?re staying C We?re not going anywhere G D G And we will be free, we will be free, we will be free G C In America you?re born with a silver spoon G D Or in the back of the bus by the light of the moon Em C And when you die they say, ?It?ll all be changing soon G D G And you?ll be free, you?ll be free, you?ll be free? G So I wonder which was the lie C The past in it?s glory G or the promise of a future D you and I may never see Em C ?Cause the reasons I've been given sound like bullshit to me G D G We?ll wait and see, wait and see, wait and see G C Now America, I know I?m not your favorite son G D But I did my time and I?m not hurting anyone Em C I?m just tired of living at the point of a gun G When will you see? D When will you see? G When will you see? Em When you say we?re free C N.C. You don?t mean me N.C. You don?t mean me