Heres To The State

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 [ ] court elected president it was the [ Cadd9 ] beginning of this [ ] war [ ]Here’s to the [ ] land you [ ] tore out the [ ]heart of [ ]John Roberts [ ]find yourself ano [ ]ther country [ ]to be [ ]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 [ ]speeches of our president are the [ Cadd9 ]remains of [ ]clown [ ]Here’s to the [ ] land you [ ] tore out the [ ]heart of [ ]Dick Cheney [ ]find yourself ano[ ]ther country [ ]to be [ ]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 [ ]Here’s to the [ ] land you [ ] tore out the [ ]heart of [ ]Jerry Falwell [ ] find yourself ano[ ]ther country [ ]to be [ ]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 [ ]Here’s to the [ ] land you [ ] tore out the [ ]heart of [ ]Gonzalez [ ] find yourself ano[ ]ther country [ ]to be [ ]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 While the [ G ]bombs they fall on children dont know [ Cadd9 ]which side...dont care side that they’re [ D ]on [ ]Here’s to the [ ] land you [ ] tore out the [ ]heart of [ ]George W [ ]find yourself ano[ ]ther country [ ]to be [ ]part of [ ]Here’s to the [ ] land you [ ] tore out the [ ]heart of [ ]George W [ ]find yourself ano[ ]ther country [ ]to be [ ]part of Notes: Eddie does little Dsus4 - - Dsus2 run while strumming the that ends each verse After strumming the last G in the first line of the chorus (...heart of) Eddie pulls off and strings for one strum and then continues strumming 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--|