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[Verse]
                     F         G           C
The American flag is tied to a fence on an overpass
       F             G                         C
With a homemade sign written in red, white and blue
       F                           G                     Am
And it reads, "Welcome home, Jason Miller, Private First Class"
      Dm                                                 G
And I don't even know him, but I'm grateful for any good news

[Verse]
         C                  F       G     C
What's become of my country torn by contradiction
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The spirit of freedom propped up by a culture of fear
             F              G                  Am
Where's it's unpatriotic to protest or even to question
                Dm                                      G
Have we learned nothing from history or the last couple years

[Chorus]
        F          G
And the rain pours down
       E      Am
On the fallow ground
        F                G             C
And the fruited plain as barren as the sand
              F      G
Is it not within our will
                 E      Am
How long must we wait until
    F                   G                C
The seeds of peace find purchase in this land

[Verse]
                            F           G              C
He stood on the deck and he said we'd accomplished our mission
       F                         G                          C
And he twisted the facts 'til he knew it could pass for the truth
F                      G            Am
Vengeance can fill any fool with conviction
       Dm                                                 G
But he can't wash the blood of the fallen from his cowboy boots

[Chorus]
        F          G
And the rain pours down
       E      Am
On the fallow ground
        F                G             C
And the fruited plain as barren as the sand
              F      G
Is it not within our will
                 E      Am
How long must we wait until
    F                   G                C
The seeds of peace find purchase in this land

[Verse]
                          F          G        C
I will not be shamed into silence by partisan thunder
      F                      G                         C
And I won't fall in line and march to the drums on the wind
    F                       G                         Am
How many more daughters and sons will we see ploughed under
         Dm                                         G
How much longer must we wait 'til the harvest comes in

[Chorus]
         F          G
'Til the sun shines down
        E        Am
On this hallowed ground
        F                G             C
And the fruited plain so bountiful and grand
              F      G
Is it not within our will
                 E      Am
How long must we wait until
    F                   G                C
The seeds of peace find purchase in this land
         F                   G                C
Will the seeds of peace find purchase in this land