Five Iron Frenzy – Anthem (Ukulele)

  D                  B                G                 A
A nation stands with heart in hand to sing their anthem proudly.

D                B                    G            A
Voices raised to sing their praise of their hollow country.

D                B        G                A
All this talk of freedom, and this talk of liberty,

D                 B      G              A
From your plastic podium you try and convince me.

C       D    B  A    C        D      B       A
I can't fall anymore for some silver-tounged song.

     C       D B   A     C         D B      A
Your freedom isn't free, so let me say what freedom means to--

D                                G             A
I can't see red, white, and blue waving in the air.

D                B                  G            A
I don't hear the bombs bursting and I don't even care.

    D            B                  G                A
I'm sorry for my lack of faith, I'm not the greatest patriot.

D          B               G               A
If this is all there is to freedom I don't want it.

C       D    B  A    C        D      B       A
I can't fall anymore for some silver-tongued song.

     C       D B   A     C         D B      A
Your freedom isn't free, so let me say what freedom means to--

D            B         G        A       G     A    B
Pushing us a drug that you call freedom and democracy,

D               B      G           A     G   A    B
Promiss us that selfishness is the means for happiness.

D             B         G    A        G     A      B
I burned that bridge so long ago that I can hardly see,

D            B              G   A   G     A  D
Anything but solace in what freedom means to me.

C       D    B  A    C        D      B       A
I can't fall anymore for some silver-tongued song.

     C       D B   A     C         D B      A
Your freedom isn't free, so let me say what freedom means to--

   D              B        G            A       G      A B
It cannot mean to serve ourselves, that doesn't mean a thing.

   D               B        G          A       G         A  B
It doesn't mean to give the license to seek ourselves in anything.

D             B    G  A  G             A     B
That would be slavery to ourselves, it isn't free.

D                 B    G          A   G   A     B  D
Jesus Christ, the only thing that freedom means to me.