Standard tuning. No capo.
Here's the chords required for the song:
E G A B C# D
e ---0----3----0----2----4----2---
B ---0----0----2----4----5----3---
G ---1----0----2----4----6----2---
D ---2----0----2----4----6----0---
A ---2----2----0----2----4----x---
E ---0----3----x----x----4----x---
Lyrics and chords:
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# D A
Out of which only twelve will make it back again
E G
Seargeant sent a letter to five
A E
Military wives, his tears drip down to 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
( D O N T P L A Y H E R E )
And the anchorperson on TV goes
E
La de da de da
E G
Fifteen celebrity mimes
A E
Leaving their fifteen sorted 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# D A
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Out of which only seven really even care
E G
Doling out a garment to five
A E
Celebrity mimes, 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
( D O N T P L A Y H E R E )
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# D A
Wondering blindly what the dinner bell will bring
E G
Fifteen celebrity mimes
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
( D O N T P L A Y H E R E )
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
