Tone: [Em]
Intro:
[Em] [Em] [Em] [G] [B]
Verse 1:
Now, [Em]Tommy's a good father
Of two sons and a daughter
But he [Em]wakes up and he asks himse[A]himself:
"Why even [G]bother?"
If he [Em]cannot feed his family
The wage he's paid's insanity
[Em]Every day he's dealing with a [A]new calamity[G]calamity
Lost his [Em]old occupation
But it wasn't immigration
[Em]It was a machine, autom[A]automation that repla[G]replaced him
[Em]Politicians left him, corruption since the recession
So he [Em]grabs his Smith and Wesson
and says he'll [A]teach 'em all the [G]lesson like:
Interlude:
[B] [D]
Chorus:
"Get down on the [Em]ground!
It's a stick up! Nobody make a [G]sound!
Don't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a [A]round!
I'm done playing games, so I'm [C]going down in flames!
Let it [B]rain over [D]Washington! [Em]
It's a stick up! Nobody make a [G]sound!
Don't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a [A]round!
I'm done playing games, so I'm [C]going down in flames!
Let it [B]rain over [D]Washington!" [Em]
Verse 2:
[Em] [Em]
Now [Em]first he'd lost his pension
Sunk into depression
[Em]Congress is defecting
It's been [A]adding to the [G]tension
[Em]Came back from war, and he's been post-traumatic stressing
[Em]Can't afford his medicine he [A]took for his agg[G]aggression
He [Em]needs help, relying on this system that rejects him
[Em]Took away his benefits, but [A]left him with his [G]weapon
Bought a [Em]one way ticket
He's entering the thicket
To [Em]do the only thing that he's thin[A]thin
king will make a [G]difference like:
Interlude:
[B] [D]
Chorus:
"Get down on the [Em]ground!
It's a stick up! Nobody make a [G]sound!
Don't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a [A]round
I'm done playing games, so I'm [C]going down in flames!
Let it [B]rain over [D]Washington! [Em]
It's a stick up! Nobody make a [G]sound!
Don't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a [A]round!
I'm done playing games, so I'm [C]going down in flames!
Let it [B]rain over [D]Washington!"
Bridge:
[Em] [Em] [Em] [A] [G] [Em] [Em] [Em] [A] [G]
[Em] [Em] [Em] [A] [G] [C] [D]
There's a [Em]cold wind [Em]blowing [Em] [A] [G]
I'm just w[Em]arning and[Em] preparing[Em] ya [A] [G]
There's a [Em]cold wind [Em]blowing [Em] [A] [G]
And it's c[C]coming for America [B] [D]
And it's c[Em]coming for America
[Em] [Em] [Em] [A] [G] [Em] [Em] [Em] [A] [G]
[Em] [Em] [Em] [A] [G]
And it's [C]coming for America [D]
Chorus:
"Get down on the [Em]ground!
It's a stick up! Nobody make a [G]sound!
Don't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a [A]round!
I'm done playing games, so I'm [C]going down in flames!
Let it [B]rain over [D]Washington! [Em]
It's a stick up! Nobody make a [G]sound!
Don't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a [A]round!
I'm done playing games, so I'm [C]going down in flames!
Let it [B]rain over [D]Washington!" [Em]
Outro:
[Em] [Em] [Em] [A] [G] [Em]