Lynyrd Skynyrd – That Aint My America (Guitar)

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Tune Down ½ Step Intro: G C G C
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Sometimes I wanna light up underneath the no-smoking sign 

G                                    C
Sometimes I wish they'd tell me, how justice got so blind 

  Em                                C        
I wish they'd just leave me alone 'cause I'm doing alright 

        G         D         Em       D        C        D         G  
You can take your change on down the road and leave me here with mine 

G                    Em       
'Cause that ain't my America  

     C                    G   
That ain’t this country's roots 

                   Em
You wanna slam old Uncle Sam 

C                   D   
But I ain't letting you 

    G      D            Em     D     C          C/B        Am
I'm mad as hell and you know I still bleed Red, White, and Blue 

           C
That ain't us 

              G         C  
That Ain't My America 

              G         C
That Ain't My America 

G   
I was standing there in Dallas 

C
Waitin on a plane 

  G
I overheard an old man 

C
Tell a young soldier "thanks" 

         Em                                    C
The young soldier hung his head and said "it's hard to believe 

           G    D       Em       D       C     D       G
You're the only one who took the time to say a word to me" 

G
And the old man said... 

G             Em        
That ain't my America 

C                         G
That aint this country's roots 

                   Em 
You wanna slam old Uncle Sam 

C                    D
But I ain't letting you 

    G      D            Em     D     C          C/B        Am 
I'm mad as hell and you know I still bleed Red, White, and Blue 

           C
That ain't us 

              G        C  
That Ain't My America 

              Em       D      
That Ain't My America 

Bm                                                  C           
It's to the women and men who in their hands hold a Bible and a gun 

Am                                             C              D  G  C  G  C      
And they ain't afraid of nothing, when they're holding either one 

            G
Now there's kids who can't pray in school 

     C
$100 dollar tanks of gas 

      G                                     
I can tell you right now this country ain't 

D (STOP)
AIN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT! 
NO!
G                    Em
'Cause that ain't my America 

     C                      G
That aint this country's roots 

                   Em 
You wanna slam old Uncle Sam 

C                     D
But I ain't letting you 

    G      D            Em     D     C          C/B        Am
I'm mad as hell and you know I still bleed Red, White, and Blue 

          C
That ain't us 

C
That Ain't My 

              G       C   
That Ain't My America 

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That Ain't My America 

              G       C   
That Ain't My America