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A WELL REGULATED MILITIA
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
INTRO: A - G (4 times)
A G A G A/C# G A/C# G
CHORUS: a well, well regulated militia.
A G A G A G A G
a well, well regulated militia.
D G
I. militiamen march for you and me.
Bm A
Sergeant Ray and Corporal Hinckley
Bm Em
parade with Chapman, Oswald and Booth.
A Em
Lieutenant Sirhan looks on with approving eyes.
A G E
this well regulated militia is a-growing in size.
A G A G A/C# G A/C# G
CHORUS: a well, well regulated militia.
A G A G A G A G
a well, well regulated militia.
D G
II. over there is the Ku Klux Klan
Bm A
at the rifle range with their Nazi friends.
Bm Em
like dogs they sniff each other's rear ends.
A Em
they know the smell of Aryan Nation
A G E
and the scent of White American Bastion.
A G A G A/C# G A/C# G
CHORUS: what a well, well regulated militia.
A G A G A G A G
a well, well regulated militia.
C F
BRIDGE A: all the people see them marching.
Dm
some of them are clapping.
G Am
some of them are lying on the ground,
F Bb A (into instrumental)
bleeding on the Constitution.
INSTRUMENTAL: A - G - A - G - A - G - A - G
A/C# - G - A/C# - A - G - A - G
(repeat under spoken part)
SPOKEN: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the
security of a free State, the right of the people to
keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
D G
III. in the orderly room is Pretty Boy Floyd
Bm A
with Billy the Kid and Bonnie and Clyde.
Bm Em
the Mafia liaison officer calls.
A Em
Jesse James walks in and salutes them all,
A G E
this well regulated militia according to law.
A G A G A/C# G A/C# G
CHORUS: such a well, well regulated militia.
A G A G A G A G
a well, well regulated militia.
C F
BRIDGE B: there's a shootout in the ghetto.
Dm
rich ladies in their limos
G Am
point their white-gloved fingers as they shop:
F Bb A (into instrumental)
"'Just say no' will make it all stop."
INSTRUMENTAL: A - G - A - G - A - G - A - G
A/C# - G - A/C# - A - G - A - G
(repeat)
D G
IV. there's a campaign map hanging on the wall.
Bm A
it shows where the enemy will fall:
Bm Em
Dealey Plaza, Alan Berg's driveway,
A Em
Ford's Theater, the Dakota, the Lorraine Motel;
A G E
even your house... you can never tell.
A G A G A/C# G A/C# G
CHORUS: they're a well, well regulated militia.
A G A G A G A G
a well, well regulated militia.
A G A G A/C# G A/C# G
a well, well regulated militia.
A G A G A G A G
a well, well regulated militia.
ENDING: A - G - A (twice)
A G A
living in a free state,
A G A
living in a free state,
A G A C D
living in a free state: J - F - K.
A G A D C
living in a free state: Garvin Gaye,
A G A C D
Malcolm X, Harvey Milk, John Lennon
A G A D C A
M-L-K and Abraham Lincoln.
A G A C D
(living in a free state) where you can be...
A G A D C
(living in a free state) ...all you can be.
A G A C D
(living in a free state) where you can be...
A G A D C
(living in a free state) ...all you can be.
A G A
living in a free state. (4 times)
© Copyright 1988 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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