New Model Army

51St State

New Model Army


Tom: Am

F  F

[Verse 1]
G                  Am                 F   F
  Look out of your windows, watch the skies
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  Read all the instructions with bright blue eyes
      G     Am      F              F
We're WASP's, yeah, proud American sons
   G                     Am              F             F
We know how to clean our teeth and how to strip down a gun

[Chorus]
Cause We're the ...
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  51st state of America     Yeah We’re the ...
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  51st state of America        This is the…
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  51st state of America

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[Verse 2]
    G                    Am              F   F
Our star spangled Union Jack flutters so proud
G                Am                           F          F
Over the dancing heads of the merry patriotic crowd
      G        Am                F              F
Yeah, tip your hat to the yankee conquerors
             G              Am       F              G
We've got no reds under the bed, but guns under our pillows

[Chorus]
We're the ...
Am     G             F       F
  51st state of America      Yeah We’re the ...
Am     G             F       F
  51st state of America        This is the…
Am     G             F       F
  51st state of America

[Bridge]
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Woh hohoho ho...
    Em     F
Woh hohoho ho...

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[Verse 3]
G             Am           F       F
  Here in the land of opportunities (ha!)
G          Am           F          F
  Watch us revel in our liberty
              G            Am                   F                F
Well, you can say what you like, but it doesn't change anything
           G            Am                F      G
'Cause the corridors of power, they're an ocean away

[Chorus]
We're the ...
Am     G             F      F
  51st state of America     Yeah We’re the ...
Am     G             F      F
  51st state of America     Aye aye aye
Am     G             F      F
  51st state of America       This is the ...
Am    G            F        F
  51st state of America

[Outro]
    Em     F
Woh hohoho ho...
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Woh hohoho ho...
    Em     F
Woh hohoho ho...