E G A B C#m D
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[Intro]
E E E E
E G
Sixteen military wives
A E
Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes
E G
Staring at the natural tan
A E
Of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands
A B
Seventeen company men
C#m D A
Out of which only twelve will make it back again
E G
Seargeant sends a letter to five
A E
Military wives, whose tears drip down from ten little eyes
B
Cheer them on to their rivals
A E A E B
'Cause America can, and America can't say no
A E A E B
And America does, if America says it's so
B
It's so
F#m A
And the anchorperson on TV goes
E
La de da de da
E G
Fifteen celebrity minds
A E
Living their fifteen sordid wretched checkered lives
E G
Will they find the solution in time
A E
Using their fifteen pristine moderate liberal minds
A B
Eighteen academy chairs
C#m D A
Out of which only seven really even care
E G
Doling out a garland to five
A E
Celebrity minds, they're humbly taken by surprise
B
Cheer them on to their rivals
A E A E B
'Cause America can, and America can't say no
A E A E B
And America does, if America says it's so
B
It's so
F#m A
And the anchorperson on TV goes
E
La de da de da de di de di de da
E
La de da de da de di de di de da
[Bridge]
E G A E E G A E
A B
Fourteen cannibal kings
C#m D A
Wondering blithely what the dinner bell will bring
E G
Fifteen celebrity minds
A E
Served on a leafy bed of sixteen military wives
B
Cheer them on to their rivals
A E A E B
'Cause America can, and America can't say no
A E A E B
And America does, if America says it's so
B
It's so
F#m A
And the anchorperson on TV goes
E
La de da de da de di de di de da
E
La de da de da de di de di de da
E
La de da de da de di de di de da
E
De da de da de di de di de da
E
De da de da de di de di de da
[Outro]
E G A E E G A E E G A E
