|: A   | G6   | F#m   | E    :|

A
We heard the fireworks
G6
Rushed out to watch the sky
F#m             E
Happy-go-lucky, Fourth of July

[Chorus 1]

E5
How can you live in the Northeast?

How can you live in the South?

How can you build on the banks of a river

When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

E5
How can you be a Christian?

How can you be a Jew?

How can you be a Mulsim, a Buddhist, a Hindu?

How can you?

[Verse 2]

A                       G6
Weak as the winter sun, we enter life on earth
F#m                     E
Names and religion come just after date of birth
    A
And everybody gets a tongue to speak
    G6
And everyone hears an inner voice
  F#m                           E                     A
A day at the end of the week to   wonder and rejoice
                 G6              F#m                    E
If the answer is infinite light, why do we sleep in the dark?

[Chorus 2]

E5
How can you live in Northeast?

How can you live the South?

How can you build on the banks of a river

When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

E5
How can you tattoo your body?

Why do you cover your head?

How can you eat from a rice bowl?

The holy man only breaks bread

[Link 1]

A    G6  F#m  E
Ooh____________

[Verse 3]

A                        G6
We watched the fireworks till they were fireflies
F#m                      E
Followed a path of stars over the endless skies

[Link 2]

| E5   | E5   | E5   | E5   |
| E5   | E5   | E5   | E5   |

[Chorus 3]

E5
How can you live in the Northeast?

How can you live in the South?

How can you build on the banks of a river

When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

[Link 3]

| E5   | E5   | E5   | E5   |
| E5   | E5   | E5   | E5   |
| E5   | E5   | E5   | E5   |
| E5   | E5

[Outro]

E
I’ve been given all I wanted