Firecracker

	  		


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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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)