Heres To The State chords

Heres To The State

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Words and Music by Eddie Vedder.
As performed during the Toronto International Film Festival on 9/11/2007.

 G Here's to the judges of  Cadd9 John Roberts G 
Who wear the robe of honor in a  Cadd9 phony legal  D  form
And  G  justices are stranger when the  Cadd9 partisans re D port
When the  G  court elected a president it was the  Cadd9  beginning of this  D  war

 G Here's to the  Em  land you  C  tore out the  G heart of
 G John Roberts  Em find yourself ano  C ther country  D to be  G part of

 G Here's to the government of  Cadd9 Dick Cheney G 
With criminals posing as  Cadd9 advisors to the  D crown
And they G  hope that no one sees the sites or that  Cadd9 no one hears the  D sounds
Cause the  G speeches of our president are the  Cadd9 remains of a  D clown

 G Here's to the  Em  land you  C  tore out the  G heart of
 G Dick Cheney  Em find yourself ano C ther country  D to be  G part of

Here's to the churches of  Cadd9 Jerry Falwell G 
Oh the cross once made of silver now is  Cadd9 turned to  D rust
And the  G  sunday morning services preach in  Cadd9 fear of men in  D love
And  G God only knows in  Cadd9 heaven they must D trust

 G Here's to the  Em  land you  C  tore out the  G heart of
 G Jerry Falwell  Em  find yourself ano C ther country  D to be  G part of

Here's to the laws of  Cadd9 Alberto Gonzalez G 
Congress will pass an act in the  Cadd9 panic of the  D day
And the  G  Constitution's drowning in an  Cadd9 ocean of  D decay
And  G freedom of speech is dangerous i've  Cadd9 even heard them  D say

 G Here's to the  Em  land you  C  tore out the  G heart of
 G Gonzalez  Em  find yourself ano C ther country  D to be  G part of

Here's to the businessmen of  Cadd9 George W  G 
Who'll want to change the focus from Halli Cadd9 burton to  D Enron
And their G   profits like blood money spilled out  Cadd9 on the white house  D lawn
To  G keep their hold on power they're using  Cadd9 terror as a  D con
While the  G bombs they fall on children dont know  Cadd9 which side...dont care 
side that they're  D on

 G Here's to the  Em  land you  C  tore out the  G heart of
 G George W  Em find yourself ano C ther country  D to be  G part of

 G Here's to the  Em  land you  C  tore out the  G heart of
 G George W  Em find yourself ano C ther country  D to be  G part of

Notes:

Eddie does a little Dsus4 - D - Dsus2 run while strumming the D that ends each verse

After strumming the last G in the first line of the chorus (...heart of) Eddie pulls off 
E and A strings for one strum and then continues strumming G like so:

e|--3--3------3--|
B|--3--3------3--|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|--2--0------2--|
E|--3--0------3--|

After strumming the last G in the last line of the chorus (...to be part of) Eddie does 
little 3-2-0 run on the A string and then continues strumming G like so:

e|--3---------3--|
B|--3---------3--|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|--2--3-2-0--2--|
E|--3---------3--|

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