21st Century USA chords by Drive-By Truckers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The parking lot
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behind Oasis Town
Down the street from
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the Mexican
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Restaurant behind the Auto-Zone
C 
And And the place that's
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hawking payday loans
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There's a Kmart and a   KFC
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Fitness Center and an Applebees
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Wells Fargo and a Taco Johns
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A good time bar to
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Get your bad swerve on
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Verse 2

In a town that's named for

razor blades

All American but Chinese made

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Folks working hard for shrinking

pay

21st Century, USA

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Em 
Out on       90 we might see you pass
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We got coal and methane gas
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We got jobs where the
Em 
work is hard
C 
And stores to max out your
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D 
credit cards
Em 

Verse 4
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In a town that ain't nowhere near
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Just like every town, every where
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Folks working hard for shrinking
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pay
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C 

Verse 5
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Say we have to hang on
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just a little bit longer
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And a savior will come our
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way
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We'll know him by the neon sign
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And the opulence he maintains
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If Amazon can deliver salvation
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I'll order it up on my phone
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With big brother watching me always
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Why must I always feel so alone
Em 

Interlude 2

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Verse 6
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Men working hard for not
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C 
enough at best
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Women working just as hard for less
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They get together late at night at bars
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And bang each other like
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crashing cars
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Working hard but it don't
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seem enough
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Calloused hearts make
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even love seem tough
A 
Prescription pills to make
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the pain hurt less
C 
Until your calloused heart
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just needs a rest
Em 

Verse 7
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Look at your children and
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you hope and pray
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That they can conjure up a better day
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No one remembers how it got that
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way
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21st Century, USA
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21st Century, USA