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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n \r\nFrom: KidLoops@aol.com\r\nDate: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 20:04:31 EST\r\nSubject: wasteland_of_the_free.crd - By Iris DeMent\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nWasteland Of The Free - Written By Iris Dement\r\n>From The Album \"The Way I Should\" - Iris DeMent\r\n=====================================================\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n \r\nC<\/span>           Am<\/span>               G<\/span>                C<\/span>\r\n               Living in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n       G<\/span>                                C<\/span>\r\nWe got preachers dealin' in politics and diamond mines\r\n          G<\/span>                   C<\/span>\r\nAnd their speech is growing increasingly unkind\r\nAm<\/span>\r\n  They say they are Christ's disciples\r\n    F<\/span>\r\nBut they don't look like Jesus to me\r\n                  C<\/span>    G<\/span>                      C<\/span>\r\nAnd it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n       G<\/span>                           C<\/span>\r\nWe got politicians runnin' races on corporate cash\r\n               G<\/span>                             C<\/span>\r\nNow don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them people's ass\r\nAm<\/span>\r\n  Now you may call me old-fashioned\r\n    F<\/span>\r\nBut that don't fit my picture of a true democracy\r\n\r\n                  C<\/span>    G<\/span>                      C<\/span>\r\nAnd it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n \r\n       G<\/span>                         C<\/span>\r\nWe got C E O's makin' two hundred times the workers pay\r\n            G<\/span>                      C<\/span>\r\nBut they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage\r\nAm<\/span>\r\n  And if you don't like it mister\r\n                  F<\/span>\r\nThey'll ship your job to some third world country 'cross the sea\r\n                  C<\/span>    G<\/span>                      C<\/span>\r\nAnd it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nF<\/span>              G<\/span>                C<\/span>\r\n Living in the wasteland of the free\r\nE<\/span>                                      Am<\/span>\r\n Where the poor have now become the enemy\r\nF                C\r\n Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones\r\nE                        Am           F\r\nSounds like some kind of   Hitler remedy\r\n              G                  C\r\nLiving in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n       G                             C\r\nWe got little kids with guns fighting inner-city wars\r\n               G                       C\r\nSo, what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors\r\nAm\r\n  And we call ourselves the advanced civilisation\r\nF\r\n But that sounds like crap to me\r\n                  C    G                      C\r\nAnd it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n       G                                 C\r\nWe got high school kids runnin' 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess\r\n           G                          C\r\nWho cannot pass a sixth grade reading test\r\nAm\r\n  But if you ask them, they can tell you\r\nF\r\n The name of every crotch on MTV\r\n                  C    G                      C\r\nAnd it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n            G               C\r\nWe kill for oil then throw a party when we win\r\n           G                          C\r\nSome guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin\r\nAm\r\n  But he's standin' up for what he believes in\r\nF\r\n And that seems pretty damned American to me\r\n                  C    G                      C\r\nAnd it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nF               G               C\r\n Living in the wasteland of the free\r\nE                                      Am\r\n Where the poor have now become the enemy\r\nF                C\r\n Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones\r\nE                        Am           F\r\nSounds like some kind of   Hitler remedy\r\n              G                  C\r\nLiving in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\nF             C\r\nWhilst we sit gloating in our greatness\r\nE                         Am\r\nJustice is sinking to the bottom of the sea\r\nF               G                  C\r\n  Living in the wasteland of the free\r\nF               G                  C\r\n  Living in the wasteland of the free\r\nF               G                  C\r\n  Living in the wasteland of the free\r\n \r\n \r\nChords:\r\nAm = X02210\r\nC  = X32010\r\nE  = 022100\r\nF  = 133211\r\nG  = 355433\r\n \r\n \r\nTranscribed by Jim Sparrow - 7th Feb 1998\r\nEmail: KidLoops@aol.com\r\n
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