Larry Norman — The Great American Novel

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Play with capo on 1st fret

[Intro]
        G    CG      CG     CG     C
         1-2-3-4|1-2-3-4|1-2-3-4|1-2-3-4|
           (Keep this rhythm going throughout the verses)

Chords:  C/G:  play a C with a G in the 6th string  (The 6th string being the thinnest)
              Dsus:  play a D with a G in the 6th string  (Use your pinky finger)
              D/E:  play a D with an E in the 6th string  (Lift your middle finger)
              D/F#:  play a D with an E in the 6th string (see above) and F# in the
                              bass (use your index finger)
    
           G         C/G G           C                  G
I was born and raised an orphan in a land that once was free,
       Bm                                 Am   
In a land that poured its love out on the moon,
        G        C/G   G             C                 G   
And I grew up in the shadows of your silos filled with grain,
        Bm             Am             G 
But you never helped to fill my empty spoon.
          G        C/G  G                  C            G
And when I was ten you murdered law with courtroom politics,
           Bm                                  Am
And you learned to make a lie sound just like truth,
        G         C/G G               C                 G
But I know you better now and I don't fall for all your tricks,
           Bm           Am               G
And you've lost the one advantage of my youth.
              G     C/G  G                C               G    
You kill a black man at midnight just for talking to your daughter,
         Bm                                  Am                D     
Then you make his wife your mistress and you leave her without water,
          G          C/G G                   C                  G
And the sheet you wear upon your face is the sheet your children sleep on,
        Bm                                       Am                  D      Dsus, D, D/E, D
And at every meal you say a prayer, You don't believe but still you keep on.


          C      G     D/F#       G                C       G    D/F#      G   
And your money says "In God We Trust" but it's against the law to pray in school,
      C               G    D/F#     G        C             G       D/F#         G 
You say we beat the Russians to the moon, And I say you starved your children to do it.



         G       C/G G           C                  G    
You are far across the ocean in a war that's not your own,
     Bm                                      Am              D  
And while you're winning theirs you're gonna lose the one at home,
         G          C/G G           C               G  
Do you really think the only way to bring about the peace,
      Bm                               Am          D   
Is to sacrifice your children and kill all your enemies.
         G         C/G    G                C                G      
The politicians all make speeches while the newsmen all take notes,
          Bm                          Am                  D   
And they exaggerate the issues as they shove it down our throats,
       G       C/G G                C               G 
Is  it really up to them whether this country sinks or floats,
        Bm                           Am               D
Well I wonder who would lead us if none of us would vote.
          G                 C/G G                     C                     G
Well my phone is tapped and my lips are chapped from whispering through the fence,
           Bm                          Am           D 
You know every move I make or is that just coincidence,
          G         C/G G             C              G                  
Will you try to make my way of life a little less like jail,
      Bm                                  Am                    D    Dsus, D, D/E, D
If I promise to make tapes and slides and send them through the mail.


          C      G     D/F#       G                C       G    D/F#       G
And your money says "In God We Trust" but it's against the law to pray in school,
      C              G     D/F#     G      C             G         D/F#      G 
You say we beat the Russians to the moon and I say you starved your children to do it.
         C          G    D/F#         G              C          G        D/F#       G   
You say all men are equal all men are brothers, Then why are the rich more equal than others,
          C          G           D/F#      G       C              G              D/F#         G
Don't ask me for the answers, I've only got one, A man leaves his darkness when he follows the Son.		
    

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