grandson – Stick Up chords
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[Intro] Em Em Em G B [Verse 1]EmNow, Tommy's a good fatherOf two sons and a daughterEm ABut he wakes up and he asks himself:G"Why even bother?"EmIf he cannot feed his familyThe wage he's paid's insanityEm A GEvery day he's dealing with a new calamityEmLost his old occupationBut it wasn't immigrationEm A GIt was a machine, automation that replaced himEmPoliticians left him, corruption since the recessionEm A GSo he grabs his Smith and Wesson and says he'll teach 'em all the lesson like:B D [Chorus]Em"Get down on the ground!GIt's a stick up! Nobody make a sound!ADon't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a round!CI'm done playing games, so I'm going down in flames!B D EmLet it rain over Washington!GIt's a stick up! Nobody make a sound!ADon't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a round!CI'm done playing games, so I'm going down in flames!B D EmLet it rain over Washington!"[Verse 2] Em EmEmNow first he'd lost his pensionSunk into depressionEmCongress is defectingA GIt's been adding to the tensionEmCame back from war, and he's been post-traumatic stressingEm A GCan't afford his medicine he took for his aggressionEmHe needs help, relying on this system that rejects himEm A GTook away his benefits, but left him with his weaponEmBought a one way ticketHe's entering the thicketEm A GTo do the only thing that he's thinking will make a difference like:B D [Chorus]Em"Get down on the ground!GIt's a stick up! Nobody make a sound!ADon't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a roundCI'm done playing games, so I'm going down in flames!B D EmLet it rain over Washington!GIt's a stick up! Nobody make a sound!ADon't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a round!CI'm done playing games, so I'm going down in flames!B DLet it rain over Washington!"[Bridge] Em Em Em A G Em Em Em A G Em Em Em A G C DEm Em Em A GThere's a cold wind blowingEm Em Em A GI'm just warning and preparing yaEm Em Em A GThere's a cold wind blowingC B DAnd it's coming for AmericaEmAnd it's coming for AmericaEm Em Em A G Em Em Em A G Em Em Em A GC DAnd it's coming for America[Chorus]Em"Get down on the ground!GIt's a stick up! Nobody make a sound!ADon't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a round!CI'm done playing games, so I'm going down in flames!B D EmLet it rain over Washington!GIt's a stick up! Nobody make a sound!ADon't even hiccup, or I'm emptying a round!CI'm done playing games, so I'm going down in flames!B D EmLet it rain over Washington!"[Outro] Em Em Em A G Em