Capo on 3rd fret
[Intro]
[G] [D] [G] [Csus2] [G] [Cm] [B7] [Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
[Verse]
Can't wipe the win[G]d-blown smile from a[D]cross my f[G]ace
[C]It's just the old man in [G]me
[Cm]Washing his t[B7]ruck at the S[Em]inclair st[Bm]ation
[C]In the lan[D]land of the fre[G]free (Ooh)
His mother, [G]Adeline's family, ca[D]came on a sh[G]ship
[C]Cut coal and planted a se[G]seed
[Cm]Down in them [B7]drift mines o[Em]of Pennsylv[Bm]Pennsylvania
[C]In the lan[D]land of the fre[G]free
[Chorus]
[G]Land of the fre[D]free, land of the free
[C]In the land of the free
Land of the fr[G]free, land of the free
[Cm]Land of the [B7]free, land of[Em]of the free [Bm]
[C]In the lan[D]land of the fre[G]free
(I'm standing crying)
[Verse]
When I go o[G]out in my car, I don't [D]think twic[G]twice
[C]But if you're the wrong col[G]color skin (I'm standing, crying)
[Cm]You grow up l[B7]ooking over b[Em]oth your s[Bm]houlders
[C]In the lan[D]land of the fre[G]free
And we got more peo[G]ple locked up than the[D] rest of t[G]he world
[C]Right here in Red, White and [G]Blue (I'm standing, crying)
[Cm]Incarceration[B7]'s becom[Em]e big busi[Bm]ness
[C]It's harve[D]harvest time out [G]on the avenue
[Chorus]
[G]Land of the fre[D]free, land of the free
[C]In the land of the free
Land of the fr[G]free, land of the free
[Cm]Move on there[B7]there's nothing to[Em]to see [Bm]
Land of the free, land of the free
[C]In the lan[D]land of the fre[G]free
[Bridge]
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
I'm standing cry[G]crying (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I'm standing cry[C]crying (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
So how many daug[G]hters, tell me, how man[D]y so[G]ns
Do we have to have to put in the ground
B7efore w[C]we just break down and[G]and face it:
[Cm]We got a problem with gun[G]guns? (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
In the land of the free
[G]Down at the border, they're gonna p[D]put up a w[G]wall
[C]Concrete and Rebar Steel b[G]beams (I'm standing crying)
[Cm]High enough t[B7]o keep all th[Em]ose filthy[Bm] hands off
[C]Of our hop[D]hopes and our d[G]dreams (I'm standing crying)
[Cm]People who ju[B7]st want the s[Em]ame things[Bm] we do [C] [D]
In the land of the f[G]free
[Chorus]
[G]Land of the free, l[D]land of the free
In the land of the free
[C]Land of the free, l[G]land of the free
[Cm]Land of the f[B7]free, land of [Em]the free [Bm]
In the land of the free
[G]Land of the free, l[D]land of the free
[C]Land of the free, [G]land of the free
[Cm]Land of the f[B7]free, land of [Em]the free [Bm]
[C]In the lan[D]land of the fre[G]free (I'm standing crying)