Machine Gun Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]That's just what [C]they told [G]me
You could be a pat[Em]riot[D]
Don't you love your [C]country?[G]
Don't you wanna [Em]die for [D]it?

[Verse 2]
How could they en[C]list [G]me?
I was only [Em]seventeen[D]
It's better to [C]be thankful[G]
Than challenge their au[Em]thority[D]

[Verse 3]
This is how [C]the world [G]is
This is how [Em]they suck you [D]in
Manipulate the [C]broken[G]
To suffer every [Em]consequence[D]
They gave me a ma[C]chine [G]gun
But I don't wanna [Em]hurt no [D]one
There's nothing here [C]to fight [G]for
This is someone [Em]else's [D]war

[Verse 4]
That's just what [C]they told [G]me
Son, you could be a pat[Em]riot[D]
Defender of your [C]country[G]
Protector of the [Em]innocent[D]

[Verse 5]
We'll beat 'em with [C]a clenched [G]fist
By order of your [Em]gov e[D]rnment
They said we were [C]the good [G]guys
But what if we're the terrorists?
[Em][D]

[Verse 6]
This is how [C]the world [G]is
This is how [Em]they suck you [D]in
Manipulate the [C]broken[G]
To suffer every [Em]consequence[D]
They gave me a ma[C]chine [G]gun
But I don't wanna [Em]hurt no [D]one
There's nothing here [C]to fight [G]for
This is someone [Em]else's [D]war

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][Am]
[G]This is [C]how the

[Verse 7]
[Am]world [C]ends
This is how [Em]they suck you [D]in
Manipulate the [C]broken[G]
To suffer every [Em]consequence[D]
I'm only [Am]a stat[C]istic
And no one even [Em]gives [D]a shit
The treatment for [Am]my shell [C]shock
Yeah, they won't even [Em]pay for [D]it

[Verse 8]
I fired that ma[C]chine [G]gun
I never meant to [Em]hurt no [D]one
And as my friends and [C]foes [G]bleed
We satisfy a [Em]rich man's [D]greed

[Verse 9]
Maybe I don't know a [C]damn thing
I've never been through [Em]anything[D]
This is all I [C]can [Em]be
A voice for [G]someone [Em]else's [D]grief
He fired that ma[C]chine gun
She never meant to hurt no [Em]one
'Cause once you leave a headstone
You never really make it home