G D G Csus2 G Cm B7 Em Bm C D
[Verse]
G D G
Can't wipe the wind-blown smile from across my face
C G
It's just the old man in me
Cm B7 Em Bm
Washing his truck at the Sinclair station
C D G
In the land of the free (Ooh)
G D G
His mother, Adeline's family, came on a ship
C G
Cut coal and planted a seed
Cm B7 Em Bm
Down in them drift mines of Pennsylvania
C D G
In the land of the free
[Chorus]
G D
Land of the free, land of the free
C
In the land of the free
G
Land of the free, land of the free
Cm B7 Em Bm
Land of the free, land of the free
C D G
In the land of the free
(I'm standing crying)
[Verse]
G D G
When I go out in my car, I don't think twice
C G
But if you're the wrong color skin (I'm standing, crying)
Cm B7 Em Bm
You grow up looking over both your shoulders
C D G
In the land of the free
G D G
And we got more people locked up than the rest of the world
C G
Right here in Red, White and Blue (I'm standing, crying)
Cm B7 Em Bm
Incarceration's become big business
C D G
It's harvest time out on the avenue
[Chorus]
G D
Land of the free, land of the free
C
In the land of the free
G
Land of the free, land of the free
Cm B7 Em Bm
Move on there's nothing to see
Land of the free, land of the free
C D G
In the land of the free
[Bridge]
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
G
I'm standing crying (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
C
I'm standing crying (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
G D G
So how many daughters, tell me, how many sons
Do we have to have to put in the ground
B7 C G
Before we just break down and face it:
Cm G
We got a problem with guns? (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
In the land of the free
G D G
Down at the border, they're gonna put up a wall
C G
Concrete and Rebar Steel beams (I'm standing crying)
Cm B7 Em Bm
High enough to keep all those filthy hands off
C D G
Of our hopes and our dreams (I'm standing crying)
Cm B7 Em Bm C D
People who just want the same things we do
G
In the land of the free
[Chorus]
G D
Land of the free, land of the free
In the land of the free
C G
Land of the free, land of the free
Cm B7 Em Bm
Land of the free, land of the free
In the land of the free
G D
Land of the free, land of the free
C G
Land of the free, land of the free
Cm B7 Em Bm
Land of the free, land of the free
C D G
In the land of the free (I'm standing crying)