Chords for Kids Answer "What is the Best Country in the World?"

You know, we hear a lot, especially
during campaign season, about how great America is
or how great America was.
We grew up, I grew up hearing that America was number one.
And I never questioned that.
I was, we are number one, damn it.
And we'll kill anyone who says we aren't.
But I wondered what kids today think.
So we sent a camera crew out on the street
to ask them, what is the best country in the world?
And this is what the kids had to say. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ What is the best country in the [Gm] world?
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Hmm, [Em] I don't know.
What do you think the best country in the world [D] is?
_ _ [Eb] _ Chicago.
[A] What do you think the best country in the world is?
I [F] think it's where we are now.
_ [Cm] Why do you think that this is the [D] best country in the world?
Because I [Gm] just love this [F] world.
What do you think is the best country?
_ [A] _ Paris.
[G] _ _ _ _
[F] France.
You think France is the best [C] country?
How come? _ _
_ _ Because [Bb] there's usually a lot of like cute poodles there,
and I like poodles.
[Cm]
What do you think the best [D] country in the world is?
_ [Dm] _ New York.
[C] Why is New York the best country in the world?
_ _ [G]
Because you can ice [A] skate.
What other [Bb] countries have you been to?
[G] Disneyland.
_ [E] Do you know that [Fm] kids in Switzerland
get to spend all their [Cm] days in Swizzneyland, which
is just like Disneyland?
[D] And they don't have to go to school?
[Eb] Yes.
You know that.
So [F] doesn't that make you want to move there?
No.
[Dm] It doesn't?
I mean, yes.
What do you think the greatest country in the world is?
[C] _ _ [F] _ America.
Why?
[Bb] Because there's fun beaches and _ _ yeah.
[F] And what about [Em] North Korea?
There they give everybody [C] a free haircut and a rocket.
_ [G] No.
_ [Dm] You wouldn't want to live there?
Why not?
[D] Because what if they do bad [G] haircuts?
If you could live in any country,
where would you want to live?
California.
So here.
_ And [Gm] have you ever been to Australia?
[D] No.
Do you know there that each kid gets their own koala bear?
Really?
And they don't have to do homework ever.
[F] Really?
Yes.
I want a [C] koala bear.
What do you think the best country in [G] the world is? _
[Bb] I guess Japan.
How come?
[G] Because they have a very beautiful palace. _ _
Where's the palace?
[C] It's kind of, I think, right of [D] street.
And who lives in the [Dm] palace?
[B] A king and a [G] queen.
_ [Gm] And where did you learn [F] about it?
[D] I guess I just thought about it.
And you made it up?
Uh [Bb]-huh.
So you didn't [A] really learn about it anywhere.
_ Have you ever [G] been to any other country?
No.
But I've been to Sacramento.
_ _ Can you name five [Em] countries? _ _
[D] _ America, _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] California, _ _ [G] Michigan, _ _
[F] _ _ and _ [D] _ China.
One more.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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[C] _ _ [F] _
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Then click the button to subscribe to my channel,
[E] and you'll finally be happy. _ _