That's The Thing About America chords by
Montgomery Gentry

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Key: G major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
G G 
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Wanna know what
Uncle Joe thinks?
C C 
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We oughta take them tank
G G 
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s and guns and bombs
And load them planes and get them
C C 
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boys and girls on home

Verse 2
G G 
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That gets my dad mad, boiling red
C C 
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Revved up vein poppin'
outta his head
G G 
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Sayin' you pull out now,
you shame the ones
C C 
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Who fought and bled and
came home dead

Verse 3
Am Am 
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G G 
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For your right to gripe, left to right
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Then momma shouts,
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boys hush your mouth
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G G 
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C C 
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Grab a plate and bow your heads
And be thankful when the grace
G G 
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is said 'cause
C C 
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That's the thing about

Verse 4
D D 
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G G 
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America
C C 
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D D 
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You can dream or do or say
what you wanna
Em Em 
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You can run it down
C C 
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if you can back it up
G G 
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D D 
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You can burn the flag or be the man
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Who takes a stand,
G G 
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says I'll be damned
C C 
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If some bleedin' heart
thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white,
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and the blue, and the red
C C 
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D D 
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That's the thing about America
G G 
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Verse 5
C C 
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G G 
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Now the coffee and the TV's on
C C 
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And we're eating the pie
handed down
G G 
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From my grandma's side
from her grandma
C C 
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When she arrived back in '25

Verse 6
G G 
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She tells us all again
C C 
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How her mom came off of that big boat
G G 
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With all them folks all skin and bones
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And an angry mob sayin' go back home
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Now the

Verse 7
anchorman says
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they're making plans
C C 
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Fencing up the Rio Grande
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Am Am 
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G G 
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Aunt Kitty drops her fork
C C 
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and shouts Amen
And granny says hell just
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let 'em all in
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That's the thing about

Verse 8
D D 
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G G 
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America
C C 
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D D 
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You can dream or do or say
what you wanna
Em Em 
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You can run it down
C C 
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if you can back it up
G G 
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D D 
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You can burn the flag or be the man
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Who takes a stand,
G G 
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says I'll be damned
C C 
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If some bleedin' heart
thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white,
G G 
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and the blue, and the red
C C 
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D D 
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That's the thing about America
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C C 
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Interlude 1

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That's the thing about

Verse 9
D D 
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G G 
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America
C C 
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D D 
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You can dream or do or say
what you wanna
Em Em 
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You can run it down
C C 
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if you can back it up
G G 
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D D 
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You can burn the flag or be the man
Am Am 
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Who takes a stand,
G G 
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says I'll be damned
C C 
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If some bleedin' heart
thinks he can tread
On the thread of the white,
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G G 
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and the blue, and the red
C C 
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D D 
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That's the thing about America
G G 
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C C 
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D D 
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That's the thing about America