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Heres To The State Tab

by Eddie Vedder


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

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

[  ]Here's to the government of [  ]Dick Cheney[  ]
With criminals posing as [ Cadd9 ]advisors to the [ D ]crown
And they[  ] hope that no one sees the sites or that [  ]no one hears the [  ]sounds
Cause the [  ]speeches of our president are the [  ]remains of a [  ]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 [  ]Jerry Falwell[  ]
Oh the cross once made of silver now is [  ]turned to [  ]rust
And the [  ] sunday morning services preach in [  ]fear of men in [  ]love
And [  ]God only knows in [  ]heaven they must[  ]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 [  ]Alberto Gonzalez[  ]
Congress will pass an act in the [ Cadd9 ]panic of the [ D ]day
And the [  ] Constitution's drowning in an [  ]ocean of [  ]decay
And [  ]freedom of speech is dangerous i've [  ]even heard them [  ]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 [  ]George W [  ]
Who'll want to change the focus from Halli[ Cadd9 ]burton to [ D ]Enron
And their[  ]  profits like blood money spilled out [  ]on the white house [  ]lawn
To [  ]keep their hold on power they're using [  ]terror as a [  ]con
While the [  ]bombs they fall on children dont know [  ]which side...dont care 
side that they're [  ]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 a little  -  -  run while strumming the  that ends each verse

After strumming the last  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--|