Randy Newman – A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country (Guitar)
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Written by: Randy Newman
Released as a standalone single in 2007.
Then included on: "Harps and Angels" (2008).
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro] [D [A [A7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|2---3-4-5-------|----------------|----------------| B|3---5-6-7-------|2---3---4---5---|--------2-------| G|----------------|2---4---5---6---|--------0-------| D|0---------0-----|--------3-------|--------2-------| A|----------------|0-----------0---|--------0-------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------| CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e E7/G# 4-x-0-1-0-0 D/A x-0-4-2-3-x G/B x-2-x-0-3-x Cdim x-3-x-0-4-x A7/C# x-4-x-0-5-x F#7/A# x-1-x-3-2-0
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[Intro]
| D | A | A7 |
[Verse 1]
D D7 I'd like to say a few words G E7/G# In defense of our country D/A B7 Whose people aren't bad | E E7 | A | Nor are they mean
[Verse 2]
D D7 Now, the leaders we have G E7/G# While they're the worst that we've had D/A B7 Are hardly the worst E7 A D D7 This poor world has seen (let's turn history's pages, shall we?)
[Bridge]
G Gm Take the Caesars, for example, why, with the first few of them D D7 They were sleeping with their sisters, stashing little boys in swimming pools G Gm And burning down the city, and one of 'em D D7 One of 'em even appointed his own horse to be Counsel of the Empire G That's like vice president or something E7/G# That's not a very good example right now, is it? D/A B7 But here's one: the Spanish Inquisition E7 Put people in a terrible position ... A I don't even like to think about it A G/B Cdim A7/C# Well, sometimes I like to think about it
[Verse 3]
D D7 G E7/G# Just a few words in defense of our country D/A B7 E7 A Whose time at the top could be coming to an end
[Verse 4]
D D7 Now, we don't want their love G E7/G# And respect at this point's pretty much out of the question D/A B7 E7 A | D | D7 | But in times like these ... we sure could use a friend
[Bridge]
G Gm Hitler, Stalin D D7 Men who need no introduction G King Leopold of Belgium, that's right Gm Everyone thinks he's so great D D7 Well, he owned the Congo, he tore it up too G E7/G# Took the diamonds, took the silver D/A B7 Took the gold, you know what he left 'em with? E7 | A G/B | A7/C# | Malaria
[Interlude]
D Em7 D/F# A president once said, D7 G G/B D/A "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" D Em7 D/F# Now it seems like we're supposed to be afraid D7 E7 A7 It's patriotic, in fact, and color-coded D Em7 D/F# What we supposed to be afraid of? D7 G D/A Why, of being afraid, that's what terror means D/A A7 | D B7/D# | Doesn't it? That's what it used to mean Em B7 E 't pisses me off a little that this Supreme Court's gonna outlive me A | F7/A# B7 | Couple young Italian fellas and a brother on the Court now too F#/C# B But I defy you, anywhere in the world, to find me two Italians as tight-ass as the two Italians we got F# B C#m Ddim B/D# And as for the brother, well, Pluto's not a planet anymore either
[Verse 5]
E E7 A F#7/A# The end of an empire ... is messy at best E/B C#7 And this empire's ending F#7 B7 Like all the rest E E7 A F#7/A# Like the Spanish Armada ... adrift on the sea E/B C#7 F#7 B7 E We're adrift in the land of the brave and the home of the free
[Coda]
E E7 Goodbye B7 Goodbye B7 E Goodbye