The Killers - Land Of The Free

capo: 3rd fret

[verse (1)]

G
Can’t wipe the wind-blown smile
D G
From across my face
C G
it’s just the old man in me
C Bm Em
washing his truck at the sinclair station
C
in the land of the free ( ooh )
G
His mother, adeline’s family
D G
Came on a ship
C G
cut coal and planted a seed
C Em G
down in them drift mines of pennsylvania
D C
In the land of the free

[chorus]

G D C
land of the free, land of the free
G C
Land of the free, land of the free
Em C
Land of the free, land of the free
G
In the land of the free
( i’m standing crying )

[verse (2)]

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 )
C Em
you grow up looking
G
Over both your shoulders
D
In the land of the free

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 )
C Em G
incarceration’s become big business
It’s harvest time out on the avenue

[chorus]

G D C
land of the free, land of the free
G C
Land of the free, land of the free
Em C
Land of the free, land of the free
D C
In the land of the free

[bridge]

G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
I’m standing crying ( oh-oh-oh-oh )
Em G
I’m standing crying ( oh-oh-oh-oh )
D G
so how many daughters tell me, how many sons
C
Do we have to have to put in the ground
G
Before we just break down and face it
Em
We got a problem with guns? ( oh-oh-oh-oh )
G
In the land of the free
Down at the border, they’re gonna put up a wall
C G
concrete and rebar steel beams
( i’m standing crying )
C Em
high enough to keep all those filthy hands off
C D Em
of our hopes and our dreams ( i’m standing crying )
C Em
people who just want the same things we do
D
in the land of the free

[chorus]

G D C
land of the free, land of the free
G C
Land of the free, land of the free
Em C
Land of the free, land of the free
G
In the land of the free

G C
Land of the free, land of the free
G C
Land of the free, land of the free
Em C
Land of the free, land of the free
D
In the land of the free

G C
Land of the free, land of the free
G C
Land of the free, land of the free
Em C
Land of the free, land of the free
D
In the land of the free
( i’m standing, crying )