|: A | G6 | F#m | E :|
A
We heard the fireworks
G6
Rushed out to watch the sky
F#m E
Happy-go-lucky, Fourth of July
[Chorus 1]
E5
How can you live in the Northeast?
How can you live in the South?
How can you build on the banks of a river
When the floodwater pours from the mouth?
E5
How can you be a Christian?
How can you be a Jew?
How can you be a Mulsim, a Buddhist, a Hindu?
How can you?
[Verse 2]
A G6
Weak as the winter sun, we enter life on earth
F#m E
Names and religion come just after date of birth
A
And everybody gets a tongue to speak
G6
And everyone hears an inner voice
F#m E A
A day at the end of the week to wonder and rejoice
G6 F#m E
If the answer is infinite light, why do we sleep in the dark?
[Chorus 2]
E5
How can you live in Northeast?
How can you live the South?
How can you build on the banks of a river
When the floodwater pours from the mouth?
E5
How can you tattoo your body?
Why do you cover your head?
How can you eat from a rice bowl?
The holy man only breaks bread
[Link 1]
A G6 F#m E
Ooh____________
[Verse 3]
A G6
We watched the fireworks till they were fireflies
F#m E
Followed a path of stars over the endless skies
[Link 2]
| E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 |
| E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 |
[Chorus 3]
E5
How can you live in the Northeast?
How can you live in the South?
How can you build on the banks of a river
When the floodwater pours from the mouth?
[Link 3]
| E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 |
| E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 |
| E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 |
| E5 | E5
[Outro]
E
I’ve been given all I wanted
