Key: D major
Verse 1
Epilogue.
closed after the shootings,
all the students got incompletes
for their grades that quarter.
This meant that the men who
had student draft deferments,
called a 2S,
did not meet the required number of credits
to keep this deferment.
We all became 1A, draftable,
and unless we had a medical or
family hardship deferment,
the Vietnam conflict
Some folks are born
made to wave the flag
Oh, they're so red, white, and blue
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D
And when the band plays
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D
Hail to the Chief
They point the cannons
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A
I ain't no senator's son
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A
D
I ain't the fortunate one
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D
Some folks are born sil
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D
ver spoon in hand.
Why don't they just help
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D
A
themselves?
But when the tax man
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D
comes to the door,
Why is that?
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Cause that ain't me, it ain't me,
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A
D
I ain't no fortunate one
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D
fangled eyes
And when you ask them
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A
The only answer is more, more, more, more
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I ain't no military son
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I ain't the fortunate one
D
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I ain't the fortunate son
D
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I ain't the fortunate son
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A
I ain't the fortunate son
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D
I ain't the fortunate son
Short... Long... Short And And long
And And And 13 seconds.
On one side, youth, hope, promise.
On the other, defenders of all things corrupt,
degrading and oppressive.
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
We didn't hate you.
We hated what you represented.
But you hated us for who we were.
You accepted your cognizance.
Your, this is the best I can do.
Your, guess this is my place
in the scheme of things.
Well we didn't.
You believed that if you played along,
you would be rewarded.
We knew that wasn't true.
We must have been one hell of a threat.
Why else would you have shot at us?
You
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