Topic: "The Land of Our Fathers"
This is just another frustration with the world song. With fuel prices going up there seems to be a very slow response in coming up with clean alternatives. There is also so much global poverty being ignored which breeds hate towards the rich and feeds the wars that really only get the rich richer and send the common folk off to kill each other.
The Land of Our Fathers By Jeff Gilpin
March 2nd, 2008
Verse 1
The[Em] future is a coming
[A]Whether we want it to or not
[D]So we best get [A]ready
And [Em]take care of what we got
[D]Or [Em]we’ll be breathing poison
[A]Drinking poison too
And the [D]babies of our [A]babies
Will [Em]have it worse than you
[A]Have it [D]worse than [Em]you [D]
Chorus
The [G]land of our fathers
That [D]they thought would be great
Like a [A]tractor-trailer on a twisting path
That [Em]seems to accelerate
Towards a [G]very bad ending
[D]Further on down the road
[A]We should turn back now
Be[D]fore we [A]lose this precious [Em]load [D]
Verse 2
The [Em]killing of our brothers
Who’ve [A]known only poverty
And [D]have had their minds [A]twisted
Into [Em]hating you and me
[D]While we’re [Em]currently enjoying
The [A]spoils of our gain
We [D]squander our re[A]sources
Until [Em]nothing else remains
[A]Will [D]nothing else re[Em]main [D]
Chorus
The [G]land of our fathers
That [D]they thought would be great
Like a [A]tractor-trailer on a twisting path
That [Em]seems to accelerate
Towards a [G]very bad ending
[D]Further on down the road
[A]We should turn back now
Be[D]fore we [A]lose this precious [Em]load [D]
Verse 3
It [Em]seem pretty simple
[A]We need to fix what’s broke
[D]But freewill and [A]greediness
[Em]Seem to sink the boat
[D]And [Em]all these corporate interests
[A]Do not want a change
They [D]like business as [A]usual
Even [Em]though it’s a losing game
[A]Such a [D]losing [Em]game [D]
Chorus
The [G]land of our fathers
That [D]they thought would be great
Like a [A]tractor-trailer on a twisting path
That [Em]seems to accelerate
Towards a [G]very bad ending
[D]Further on down the road
[A]We should turn back now
Be[D]fore we [A]lose this precious [Em]load [D]
Verse 4
I [Em]wish it were that easy
But it [A]is not easy at all
The [D]few that have the [A]power
Seem to [Em]want the world to fall
[D]So [Em]long as their lives
In the [A]short term stay the same
They [D]will not budge or [A]get on board
And [Em]that is just a shame
[A]Just a [D]crying [Em]shame [D]
Chorus
The [G]land of our fathers
That [D]they thought would be great
Like a [A]tractor-trailer on a twisting path
That [Em]seems to accelerate
Towards a [G]very bad ending
[D]Further on down the road
[A]We should turn back now
Be[D]fore we [A]lose this precious [G]load [D] [Em]
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
