[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Me and mine have worked this land
F C
As long as my grandfather can remember
C
Plowin' soil, diggin' holes
F C
Haulin' coal, to strippin' down the timber
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Then they showed up, they shut us down
G F C
Same old story, the same old town
C F
"It's like we don't matter", momma said
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"At least that's how it seems"
G F
And that's the day I woke up
C
From the American dream
[Verse 2]
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What are you supposed to do,
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When the God you're prayin' to
C
Up and goes missin'?
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Leaves a trail of unpaid bills
F C
Broken homes and opioid addiction
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And then a politician shows up
F C
Promisin' that
G
He'll return the jobs
F C
That God himself could not bring back
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Fool me once, shame on you
F C
Fool me twice, shame on me
G F
Yeah, that's the day I gave up
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On the American dream
[Chorus]
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These lamentations
F C
Are gettin' too damn hard to sing
Dm
These lamentations
F C
Are gonna be the death of me
[Verse 3]
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You see, me and mine, we ain't the kind
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To sit around idle and complain
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We're tough as nails, mean as hell
F C
Without an ounce of quit in our veins
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But the harder we work, the more they take
G F C
Till all the good is gone, for goodness sake
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Neither the left or the right
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Are gonna fight for folks stuck in between
G F
The way things really are
C
The American dream
[Chorus]
Dm
These lamentations
F C
Are gonna be the death of me
Dm
These lamentations
F C
Are gettin' too damn hard to sing
Dm
These lamentations
F C
Are gonna be the death of me
Dm
These lamentations
F C
Are gettin' too damn hard to sing