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[Verse 1]
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Wanna know what Uncle Joe thinks?
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We oughta take them tanks and guns and bombs
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And load them planes and get them boys and girls on home
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That gets my dad mad, boiling red
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Revved up vein poppin' outta his head
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Sayin' you pull out now, you shame the ones
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Who fought and bled and came home dead
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For your right to gripe, left to right
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Then momma shouts, boys hush your mouth
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Grab a plate and bow your heads

And be thankful when the grace is said 'cause...

[Chorus]
G            C           D
That's the thing about America
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    You can dream or do or say what you wanna
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You can run it down if you can back it up
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You can burn the flag or be the man
        Am                  G
Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
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If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G                              D
  That's the thing about America

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Now the coffee and the TV's on
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And we're eating the pie handed down

From my grandma's side from her grandma
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When she arrived back in '25
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She tells us all again
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How her mom came off of that big boat
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With all them folks all skin and bones
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And an angry mob sayin' go back home
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Now the anchorman says they're making plans
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Fencing up the Rio Grande
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Aunt Kitty drops her fork and shouts Amen

And granny says hell just let 'em all in

[Chorus]
G                C           D
That's the thing about America
G                  C                   D
    You can dream or do or say what you wanna
            Em                           C
You can run it down if you can back it up
           G                 D
You can burn the flag or be the man
        Am                  G
Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
          C
If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G                              D   Em
  That's the thing about America

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
G                C           D
That's the thing about America
G                  C                   D
    You can dream or do or say what you wanna
            Em                           C
You can run it down if you can back it up
           G                 D
You can burn the flag or be the man
        Am                  G
Who takes a stand, says I'll be damned
          C
If some bleedin' heart thinks he can tread

On the thread of the white, and the blue, and the red
G                                D
  That's the thing about America
G                C           D
That's the thing about America