Say Can You See

B E B I love this country, I love the people and the land B F# But there’s a lot of stuff happening that I can’t understand B E B We got billions for bailouts, we got trillions for wars B F# B But it’s hard for working people to make a living anymore B E B Hear me out for a second, this ain’t a partisan song B F# It ain’t about right and left, it’s about right and wrong B E B We’re fighting over the scraps while a few are living like kings B F# B ‘Cause screwing us over’s a bipartisan thing E B E B And it’s working people who made this country great E B F# Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate E B D#7 E And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me B F# E Oh say, can you see? B E B See, I got a neighbour, we don’t always agree B F# He’s a bit of a redneck, according to a hippy like me B E B But if you’re in the ditch, he’ll pull you out, I know he will B F# B And that’s more than I can say for all those dickheads on the hill B E B He works hard for his family, he’s got loyalty and pride B F# The company took all he gave and then cast him aside B E B See, there’s profit in poverty, hell, there’s profit in prisons B F# B And they don’t even pay taxes, they just buy politicians E B E B But it’s working people who made this country great E B F# Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate E B D#7 E And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me B F# E Oh say, can you see? G#m F# E Oh say, can you see? B E B In New York Harbour there’s a lady with a flame B F# Still calling in the huddled masses in Liberty’s name B E B But there’s fear on the airwaves and hatred wrapped in the flag B F# B Turning strangers into enemies and our riches into rags B E B And a revolution to break the grip of greed B F# Don’t need a strongman or a saviour, but I believe we’re gonna need B E B Whatever magic this old world’s got left to start B F# B And all the ammunition in the chambers of our hearts E B E B It’s working people who made this country great E B F# Not the greedy opportunists or the peddlers of hate E B D#7 E And if a new day’s coming, it’s gotta come from you and me B F# E Oh say, can you see? G#m F# E Oh say, can you see? G#m F# E