Chords for Larry Norman - The Great American Novel - (Unreleased Version)

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[G] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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was born and raised an orphan _ In a [C] land that [G] once was free _
[Bm] In a land that poured its love [G] out on the [Am] moon
_ And _ [G] I grew up in the shadows of your [C] silos [G] filled with grain
But you [Bm] never [Am] helped to fill my [G] empty spoon
[C] _ [G] And _ when I was ten you murdered law with [C] courtroom _ [G] politics _
[Bm] And you learned to make a lie sound [Am] just like truth _ _ _
But [G] I know you better now and I [C] don't fall for all [G] your tricks
[Bm] And you've lost the one [Am] advantage of [G] my youth _ _ _ _
You kill a black man at midnight just [C] for talking to [G] your daughter _
[Bm] Then you make his wife your mistress _ [A] and you leave her [Am] without [D] _ water
[G] And the sheet you wear upon your face [C] is the sheet your children [G] sleep on
[Bm] And at every meal you say a prayer you [Am] don't believe but still [D] you keep on
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says [D] in [G] God we trust but [C] it's against [G] the law [D] to [G] pray in school
[C] You say we [G] beat the [D] Russians [G] to the moon and [C] I say [G] you [D] starved your [G] children to do it _ _ _
_ You are far across the ocean [C] in a war that's [G] not your own
_ [Bm] And while you're winning theirs you're gonna [A] lose [Am] the one [D] at home
[G] Do you really think the only way [C] to bring about [G] the peace
_ Is to [B] sacrifice your children and [A] kill [Am] all your [D] enemies?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] The politicians all make speeches while [C] the newsmen [G] all take notes
And [Bm] they _ exaggerate the _ issues [Am] as they shove it down [D] our throats
Is [G] it really up to them whether this [C] country sinks [G] or floats?
[B] Well I wonder who would need us [Am] if none of us [D] would vote _ _ _ _
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[A#] _ [Bm] _ _ Well _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped from [C] whispering through [G] the fence
Do you [Bm] know every move I make or is [Am] that just _ [D] coincidence?
_ _ [G] Will you try to make my way of life [C] a little less [G] like jail?
If [Bm] I promise to make tapes and [Am] slides and send them through the [C] main [G] money says [D] in [G] God we trust
But [C] it's against [G] the law [D] to [G] pray in school
[C] You say we [G] beat [D] the Russians [G] to the moon [C] and I [G] say you [D] starved your children [G] to do it
[C] You say all [G] men are equal, [D] all [G] men are brothers
[C] Then why [G] are the rich [D] more [G] equal than others?
[C] Don't ask me for [Bm] the answers, [D] I've [G] only got one
[C] That a man leaves [G] his darkness [D] when he follows [G] the sun
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