Wasteland of the Free chords by
Iris Dement

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

C

C

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Am

Am

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G

G

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Living in the wasteland

Interlude 1

of the free...

C

C

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Verse 2

G

G

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We got preachers dealing in

C

C

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politics an d diamond mines

G

G

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And their speech is growing

C

C

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Am

Am

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increasingly unkind

They say they are Christ's disciples

F

F

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But they don't look like Jesus to me

C

C

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G

G

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And it feels like I am living in the

C

C

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wasteland of the free

Verse 3

C

C

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G

G

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We got politicians running

C

C

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races on corporate cash

G

G

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Now don't tell me they don't turn around

C

C

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Am

Am

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and kiss them peoples' ass

You may call me old-fashioned

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F

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But But that don't fit my picture

of a true democracy

C

C

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G

G

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And it feels like I am living in the

C

C

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wasteland of the free

Verse 4

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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We got CEO's making two hundred

times the workers' pay

G

G

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But they'll fight like hell against

C

C

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Am

Am

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raising the minimum wage

And If you don't like it,

mister, they'll ship your job

F

F

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To some third-world country

country 'cross the sea

C

C

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G

G

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And it feels like I am living in the

C

C

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wasteland of the free

Verse 5

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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E

E

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Living in the wasteland of the free

Where the poor have now

Am

Am

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become the enemy

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F

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Let's blame our troubles

C

C

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on the weak ones

E

E

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Sounds like some kind of

Am

Am

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F

F

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Hitler remedy

G

G

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Living in the wasteland of the free

C

C

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Verse 6

G

G

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We got little kids with guns

C

C

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fighting inner city wars

G

G

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So what do we do,

C

C

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we put these little kids behind prison doors

Am

Am

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And we call ourselves the

advanced civilization

F

F

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That sounds like crap to me

C

C

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G

G

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And it feels like I am living in the

C

C

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wasteland of the free

Verse 7

C

C

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G

G

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We got high-school kids kids running

C

C

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'round in Calvin Klein and Guess

G

G

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Who cannot pass a sixth-grade

C

C

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reading reading test

Am

Am

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But if you ask them, they can tell you

F

F

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The name of every crotch on mTV

C

C

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G

G

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And it feels like I am living in the

C

C

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wasteland of the free

Verse 8

C

C

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G

G

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We kill for oil, then we throw

C

C

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a party when we win

G

G

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Some guy refuses to fight,

C

C

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and we call that the sin

Am

Am

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But he's standing up for

what he believes in

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F

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And that seems pretty damned

American to me

C

C

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G

G

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And it feels like I am living in the

C

C

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wasteland of the free

Verse 9

F

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G

G

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Living in the wasteland of the free

C

C

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E

E

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Where the poor have now

Am

Am

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become the enemy

F

F

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Let's blame our troubles

C

C

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on the weak ones

E

E

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Sounds like some kind

Am

Am

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F

F

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of Hitler remedy

G

G

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Living in the wasteland of the free

C

C

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Verse 10

F

F

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C

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While we sit gloating in our greatness

E

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Justice is sinking to the bot

Am

Am

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F

F

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tom of the sea

G

G

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Living in the wasteland

C

C

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Am

Am

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of the free

G

G

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Living in the wasteland

C

C

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Am

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of the free

G

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Living in the wasteland of the free

C

C

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsC Am G F E

C
Am
G
F
E

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Chords

C
Am
G
F
E

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