Strung Out Firecracker Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues 1996 Fat Wreck Chords Submitted by: jeremyunderground412yahoo.com Key: C Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: C - x32010 C/E - 032xxx Em - 022000 Am - x02210 F - 133211 G - 320003 Dm - xx0231
Intro: C--C/E--F-G- x3 Verse 1: C The other day I swear to God I got a letter in the mail Am that Said register with us or you're Gonna go F to jail You'll be put inside a cage then G Forced to enlist Well C I laughed out loud said I Won't comply Am To be labeled as one of those Who qualify F to be shipped off to Dm G Fight some fucking wars Chorus 1: F Cause war is not about G C policy religion It's Am about economy and F G I'm not dying to set C C/E F G x4 your country free Verse 2: C I'll never bow to F your expectations Am I never have I G never will I'm not C a puppet pawn or F Figure head I'm Dm a man of my Own G C free will Our freedoms F are slowly surrendered Dm As they take more than G C their fill How much Am power is ever enough G for The men the men C C/E F G x4 on Capitol Hill Verse 4: C They're cutting back Am on welfare Ilegalizing F harmlessness am I the Only one to see there's G something Wrong with this C I don't have the answers Am won't Pretend to say I F will but to put My trust G in government I think C Em F Am G x4 I think I'd rather kill Verse 5: C Off mighty word democracy Spells Am freedom for you F and me The books have all been written G And the prophets C denied Little by little watch this Am state Begin to fall F as we awaken from This dream and G find ourselves C C/E F G x4 Nailed to the wall Interlude: C--C/E--F-G- x3 Chorus 2: C Oh firecracker patriotic C/E lire you were Burning bright the day the F country Died in all G your glory in all your C Pride Light the way C/E torch of Liberty Light the sky for the whole F world To see in all G your glory in all Your pride Outro: C-C/E-F-G- x4, C(hold)