Chords for Livin' in the Wasteland of the Free Iris DeMent

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_ _ _ [Am] _ Living [G] in the wasteland of the [C] free, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ we got [G]
preachers dealing in [C] politics and _ dynamite. _
_ _ _ _ _ And [G] their speech is growing [C] increasingly _ unkind. _
_ _ _ [Am] And they say they are Christ-typos, [F] but they don't look like Jesus to me.
And it [C] feels like I am _ [G]
living in the _ [C] wasteland of the free. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ We got [G]
politicians running races [C] on corporate cash. _
_ _ _ _ Now don't [G] tell me they don't turn around [C] and kiss them people's ass. _
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ You may call me old-fashioned, [F] but I don't fit my picture of true democracy.
And it [C] feels like I am _ [G]
living in the _ [C] wasteland of the free. _
_ _ _ _ _ We got [G] _
CEOs making [C] 200 times what workers pay.
_ _ _ _ But they'll [G] fight like hell against [C] raising the minimum wage.
_ _ _ [Am] _ If you don't like it, mister, now shift your [F] job to some third-world country across the sea.
[C] And it feels like I am _ [G]
living in the _ [C] wasteland of the free. _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Living in the [G] _
_ wasteland of [C] the free. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ Where the poor are not becoming [Am] enemies. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Let's blame our [C]
troubles on the weak.
While [E] it sounds like some [Am] kind of [Em] Hitler [F] remedy.
_ Living in [G] the wasteland of the free.
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_ _ _ _ _ We [G] got little kids with guns [C] fighting inner-city wars.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] So what do we do?
We put [C] these little kids behind closed doors.
[Am] And we call ourselves the advanced [F] civilization.
That sounds like crap to me.
[C] In the wild land.
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Living in the _ [C] wasteland of the free. _
_ _ _ _ _ We [G] got high school kids [C] running around and having fun and gags.
_ _ _ Who cannot [G]
pass a sixth [C] grade written test? _
_ _ [Am] But if you ask them, they can tell you [F] the name of every crotch-off MTV.
[C] And it feels like I am _ [G]
living in the _ [C] wasteland of the free. _
_ _ _ _ _ We [G] kill for oil, then we throw [C] a party when we win. _
_ _ _ _ _ Some [G] guy refuses to [C] fight, and we call that the spin.
_ _ [Am] _ He's standing up for what he believes [F] in.
Maxing party down Americans who lead.
[C] It feels like I am _ [G]
living in the [C] wasteland of the free. _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Living [G] in the _ wasteland [C] of the free. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Where the poor are not becoming [Am] enemies. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Black flame [C] marks, ruffles on the weak [E] one.
Sounds like some [Am] kind of pet [F] remedy.
_ Living [G] in the wasteland of the [C] free. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ While we spit [C] gloating at our greatness.
[E] Justice is taken [Am]
by another state.
_ _ _ Living [F] _ _ [G] in the wasteland of the free.
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[Am] _ Living [G] in the wasteland of the free.
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[A] _ Living [G] in the wasteland of the free.
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