"That Ain't My America" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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[G]Sometimes I wanna light up under[C]neath the no-smoking sign
[G]Sometimes I wish they'd tell me, how [C]justice got so blind
I [Em]wish they'd just leave me alone 'c[C]ause I'm doing alright
You can [G]take your [D]change on [Em]down the [D]road and [C]leave me [D]here with [G]mine
[G]'Cause that ain't my [Em]America
That [C]ain?t this country's [G]roots
You wanna slam old [Em]Uncle Sam
[C]But I ain't letting [D]you
I'm [G]mad as [D]hell and you [Em]know I [D]still [C]bleed Red, [C/B]White, and [Am]Blue
That ain't [C]us
That Ain't My [G]America [C]
That Ain't My [G]America [C]
[G]I was standing there in Dallas
[C]Waitin on a plane
I [G]overheard an old man
[C]Tell a young soldier "thanks"
The young[Em] soldier hung his head and said "it's [C]hard to believe
You're the [G]only [D]one who [Em]took the [D]time to [C]say a [D]word to [G]me"
[G]And the old man said...
[G]That ain't my [Em]America
[C]That aint this country's r[G]oots
You wanna slam old [Em]Uncle Sam
[C]But I ain't letting y[D]ou
I'm [G]mad as [D]hell and you [Em]know I [D]still [C]bleed Red, [C/B]White, and [Am]Blue
That ain't [C]us
That Ain't My [G]America [C]
That Ain't My [Em]America [D]
[Bm]It's to the women and men who in their hands hold a [C]Bible and a gun
[Am]And they ain't afraid of nothing, when they're [C]holding either [D]one[G] [C][G][C]
Now there's [G]kids who can't pray in school
$100 [C]dollar tanks of gas
I can [G]tell you right now this country ain't
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AIN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT!
NO!
[G]'Cause that ain't my [Em]America
That [C]aint this country's roo[G]ts
You wanna slam old [Em]Uncle Sam
[C]But I ain't letting yo[D]u
I'm [G]mad as [D]hell and you [Em]know I [D]still [C]bleed Red, [C/B]White, and [Am]Blue
That ain't[C] us
[C]That Ain't My
That Ain't My [G]America [C]
That Ain't My [G]America [C][G][C]
That Ain't My [G]America[C]
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Intro: G C G C
[G]Sometimes I wanna light up under[C]neath the no-smoking sign
[G]Sometimes I wish they'd tell me, how [C]justice got so blind
I [Em]wish they'd just leave me alone 'c[C]ause I'm doing alright
You can [G]take your [D]change on [Em]down the [D]road and [C]leave me [D]here with [G]mine
[G]'Cause that ain't my [Em]America
That [C]ain?t this country's [G]roots
You wanna slam old [Em]Uncle Sam
[C]But I ain't letting [D]you
I'm [G]mad as [D]hell and you [Em]know I [D]still [C]bleed Red, [C/B]White, and [Am]Blue
That ain't [C]us
That Ain't My [G]America [C]
That Ain't My [G]America [C]
[G]I was standing there in Dallas
[C]Waitin on a plane
I [G]overheard an old man
[C]Tell a young soldier "thanks"
The young[Em] soldier hung his head and said "it's [C]hard to believe
You're the [G]only [D]one who [Em]took the [D]time to [C]say a [D]word to [G]me"
[G]And the old man said...
[G]That ain't my [Em]America
[C]That aint this country's r[G]oots
You wanna slam old [Em]Uncle Sam
[C]But I ain't letting y[D]ou
I'm [G]mad as [D]hell and you [Em]know I [D]still [C]bleed Red, [C/B]White, and [Am]Blue
That ain't [C]us
That Ain't My [G]America [C]
That Ain't My [Em]America [D]
[Bm]It's to the women and men who in their hands hold a [C]Bible and a gun
[Am]And they ain't afraid of nothing, when they're [C]holding either [D]one[G] [C][G][C]
Now there's [G]kids who can't pray in school
$100 [C]dollar tanks of gas
I can [G]tell you right now this country ain't
D (STOP)
AIN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT!
NO!
[G]'Cause that ain't my [Em]America
That [C]aint this country's roo[G]ts
You wanna slam old [Em]Uncle Sam
[C]But I ain't letting yo[D]u
I'm [G]mad as [D]hell and you [Em]know I [D]still [C]bleed Red, [C/B]White, and [Am]Blue
That ain't[C] us
[C]That Ain't My
That Ain't My [G]America [C]
That Ain't My [G]America [C][G][C]
That Ain't My [G]America[C]
