Standard tuning capo 7th fret.
Main riffs:e|-----------------3-------|B|-----------------3-------|G|-----------------0-------|D|-----0h2-0-------0-------| G riff 1A|-0h2-------2-0---2-------|E|---------------3-3-------|
e|-----------------3-------|B|-----------------1-------|G|-----0h2-0-------0-------| C riffD|-0h2-------2-0---2-------|A|---------------3-3-------|E|-----------------x-------|
e|-3p0---------------2-------|B|-----3p0-----------3-------|G|---------2p0-------2-------| D riffD|-------------2p0-0-0-------|A|-------------------x-------|E|-------------------x-------|
e|-----------------3-------|B|-----------------3-------|G|-----------------0-------|D|-----0-2-0-------0-------| G riff 2A|-0-2-------2-0---2-------|E|---------------3-3-------|
For the verses, the main riffs are played.
The chorus, bridge, and outtro are straight up, easy strumming.
Chords are below:
Verse 1:
G riff 1
If you utter a sound or make a move, we'll kill you
G riff
Then they gathered around me
C riff
One man took my right arm
G riff
And another man took my left
D riff
When the third man grabbed the front of my coat
G riff 2
Then thrown in to an automobile we go
Chorus:
C A
Oh I wish I, I could describe
G
The terror in that 20 mile ride.
C A
Oh I wish I, I could describe
G
The terror in the beautiful California moonlight
Verse 2:
G riff 1
In an auto with six man and a chauffeur
G riff 1
Yeah these Christian patriots
C riff
They put fingers in my eyes and nose
G riff 1
As they subjected me to torture
D riff
Yeah the torture that a god fearing man
G riff 2
Is capable of conceiving.
Chorus.
Bridge:
G
You won't kiss the American flag
C
Well by god we'll make you
A
We'll ram it down your throat
G
Sing the Star Spangled Banner with feeling
Verse 3:
G riff 1
They put their autos together
G riff 1
So the lamp set a sickly stage light
C riff
Fourteen defenders of this country
G riff 1
All commanding me to undress
D riff
They poured tar over my body and hair
G riff 2
In the absence of feathers they rubbed sagebrush instead
Chorus.
Outtro:
C A
My suffering was terrible.
G G G
But my greatest pain was over you.
