#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: KidLoops@aol.com Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 20:04:31 EST Subject: wasteland_of_the_free.crd - By Iris DeMent Wasteland Of The Free - Written By Iris Dement >From The Album "The Way I Should" - Iris DeMent ===================================================== [Intro] C Am G C Living in the wasteland of the free G C We got preachers dealin' in politics and diamond mines G C And their speech is growing increasingly unkind Am They say they are Christ's disciples F But they don't look like Jesus to me C G C And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free G C We got politicians runnin' races on corporate cash G C Now don't tell me they don't turn around and kiss them people's ass Am Now you may call me old-fashioned F But that don't fit my picture of a true democracy C G C And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free G C We got C E O's makin' two hundred times the workers pay G C But they'll fight like hell against raising the minimum wage Am And if you don't like it mister F They'll ship your job to some third world country 'cross the sea C G C And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free [Chorus] F G C Living in the wasteland of the free E Am Where the poor have now become the enemy F C Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones E Am F Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy G C Living in the wasteland of the free G C We got little kids with guns fighting inner-city wars G C So, what do we do, we put these little kids behind prison doors Am And we call ourselves the advanced civilisation F But that sounds like crap to me C G C And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free G C We got high school kids runnin' 'round in Calvin Klein and Guess G C Who cannot pass a sixth grade reading test Am But if you ask them, they can tell you F The name of every crotch on MTV C G C And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free G C We kill for oil then throw a party when we win G C Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin Am But he's standin' up for what he believes in F And that seems pretty damned American to me C G C And it feels like I am living in the wasteland of the free [Chorus] F G C Living in the wasteland of the free E Am Where the poor have now become the enemy F C Let's blame our troubles on the weak ones E Am F Sounds like some kind of Hitler remedy G C Living in the wasteland of the free F C Whilst we sit gloating in our greatness E Am Justice is sinking to the bottom of the sea F G C Living in the wasteland of the free F G C Living in the wasteland of the free F G C Living in the wasteland of the free Chords: Am = X02210 C = X32010 E = 022100 F = 133211 G = 355433 Transcribed by Jim Sparrow - 7th Feb 1998 Email: KidLoops@aol.com