Updated May, 2002 by Chris Nastally ([email protected])
 

INTRO/VERSE chords:
e--------
B-3----3-
G-x----0-
D-4----2-
A-x----x-
E-3----3-

I go to church on Sunday morning
Come home and beat my wife
My name is Joe, and you know me
I've lived here all of my life, my life

Em                            G
I've got this pain I cannot speak of
Em                        G
I'm not so bad as people say
Em                                G
I've got two kids who look like angels
         C                                   G
But sometimes, sometimes I wish they'd fly away

Chorus:
         D                    Em
Life is good, you know we're lucky
C                G
Livin' in the USA
          D                    Em
We've got everything we ever dreamed of
                      C                                G
Darlin' I don't know why, I don't know why I act this way

My next door neighbor's got a problem
Works hard, don't seem fair
His wife's a teacher at the grade school
And we've been having this affair

I've been a son I've been a soldier
I've thrown the football in the rain
The blood of murderers and millionaires is pounding
Pounding through my veins

CHORUS

Bridge:
Em                             A
Kennedy was in the White House, we were children in the sun
Em                                    C
Smokin' candy cigarettes, cowboys and indians and toy guns

Some nights I go down to the basement
With thoughts I do not understand
A purple heart and a loaded pistol
And I just hold them, hold them in my hands

CHORUS, INTRO CHORDS OUT