Wasteland of the Free chords by Iris DeMent

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Verse 1

Living in the wasteland

Interlude 1

of the free...

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Verse 2

We got preachers dealing in

politics an d diamond mines

And their speech is growing

increasingly unkind

They say they are Christ's disciples

But they don't look like Jesus to me

And it feels like I am living in the

wasteland of the free

Verse 3
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 (C major) 
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We got politi (G major) cians running
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races on  (C major) corporate cash
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Now don't tell me  (G major) they don't turn around
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Am 
and kiss  (C major) them peoples' ass  (A minor) 
You may call me old-fashioned
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But But that  (F major) don't fit my picture
of a true democracy
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G 
And it feels  (C major) like I am  (G major) living in the
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wasteland  (C major) of the free

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) 
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We got  (G major) CEO's making two hundred  (C major) 
times the workers' pay
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But they'll fight  (G major) like hell against
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rais (C major) ing the minimum wage  (A minor) 
And If you don't like it,
mister, they'll ship your job
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 (F major) To some third-world country
country 'cross the sea
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G 
And it feels like  (C major) I am  (G major) living in the
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wasteland  (C major) of the free

Verse 5
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 (F major) 
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C 
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Living in the wasteland  (G major) of the free  (C major)  (E major) 
Where the poor have now
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become the enemy  (A minor) 
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 (F major) Let's blame our troubles
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 (C major) on the weak ones
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Sound (E major) s  like some kind of
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 (A minor) Hitler remedy  (F major) 
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Living in the wasteland  (G major) of the free
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 (C major) 

Verse 6
G 
We got little  (G major) kids with guns
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fight (C major) ing inner city wars
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So what do we  (G major) do,
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we put these little  (C major) kids behind prison doors
Am 
 (A minor) And we call ourselves the
advanced civilization
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 (F major) That sounds like crap to me
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G 
And it feels like  (C major) I am  (G major) living in the
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wasteland  (C major) of the free

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
G 
We got high-school  (G major) kids kids running
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'round  (C major) in Calvin Klein and Guess
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Who cannot pass  (G major) a sixth-grade
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reading read (C major) ing test
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 (A minor) But if you ask them, they can tell you
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The name  (F major) of every crotch on mTV
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G 
And it feels like  (C major) I am  (G major) living in the
C 
wasteland  (C major) of the free

Verse 8
C 
 (C major) 
G 
We kill  (G major) for oil, then we throw
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a party  (C major) when we win
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Some guy re (G major) fuses to fight,
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and  (C major) we call that the sin
Am 
 (A minor) But he's standing up for
what he believes in
F 
And that  (F major) seems pretty damned
American to me
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G 
And it feels like  (C major) I am  (G major) living in the
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wasteland  (C major) of the free

Verse 9
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 (F major) 
G 
Living in the wasteland  (G major) of the free
C 
E 
 (C major) Where  (E major) the poor have now
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become the enemy  (A minor) 
F 
 (F major) Let's blame our troubles
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 (C major) on the weak ones
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Sound (E major) s  like some kind
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F 
of  (A minor) Hitler remedy  (F major) 
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Living in the wasteland  (G major) of the free
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 (C major) 

Verse 10
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C 
 (F major) While we sit gloating  (C major) in our greatness
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Justice  (E major) is sinking to the bot
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 (A minor) tom  of the sea  (F major) 
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Living in the wasteland  (G major) 
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of the free  (C major)  (A minor) 
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Living in the wasteland  (G major) 
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of the free  (C major)  (A minor) 
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Living in the wasteland  (G major) of the free
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 (C major) 