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Verse 1
C 
 (C major) I was born in the right
country
G 
C 
Where we choke  (G major) on the  (C major) 
smoke of wildfires past
We the counterfeit heirs to the wide and
weeping edge of the world
G 
We are long  (G major) past the
day we stood in the light
C 
We are  (C major) torn, we are wild, wild, wild
Wild, wild, wild syndicated reverie
F 
C 
With a  (F major) delicate  (C major) eye to define the horizon
All in our rags and risin'
Why do you let 'em lie to you?
F 
Why  (F major) do you let 'em lie to you?
C 
Why do you  (C major) let 'em lie to you?
We're alive, we're alive, ooh
G 
C 
Welcome to  (G major) the light on your face  (C major) 
Ready or not, we keep walking
Ready or not, ready or not, ready
or not, ready or not
Ready or not, ready or not,
ready or not, ready or not
Ready or not, ready or not, ready
or not, ready or not
Ready or not, ready or not,
ready or not, ready or not
F 
C 
Ready or  (F major)  (C major) not,
ready or not, ready or not, ready or not
G 
C 
Ready  (G major) or  (C major) not, ready or not,
ready or not, ready or not
F 
Ready or  (F major) not, ready or not, ready or not,
ready or not
C 
G 
Ready or not, ready  (C major) or not, ready or not,  (G major) 
F 
C 
G 
 (F major)  (C major) ready or  (G major) not
F 
C 
F 
Ready or not, ready  (F major) or not, ready  (C major)  (F major) or not,
C 
 (C major) ready or not
(These days)
Ready or not, ready or not,
G 
C 
F 
 (G major)  (C major) ready or not, ready  (F major) or not
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Ready or not, ready or not, ready  (C major) or not,
ready or not
(These days)
G 
C 
F 
C 
Am 
Ready  (G major) or not,  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (A minor) ready or not, ready
G 
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
 (G major)  (C major) or  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) not, ready or not
Ready or not, ready or not, ready or not,
F 
C 
ready  (F major) or  (C major) not
(These days,
F 
if you  (F major) yell loud enough)
The lie rings true
C 
F 
So don't  (C major) let 'em lie to you  (F major) 
G 
C 
 (G major) Don't  (C major) let 'em lie to you
You'll be born in the right
country
You will learn that silence is not bravery