American Jesus Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][F][G]
[Am][C][F]
[E][E][E][E]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I don't need to be a globa[C]l citizen
[F]'Cause I'm blessed by nationali[G]ty
[Am]I'm a member of a grow[C]in' populace
[F]We enforce our popular[G]ity
[Am]There are things that seem to
[C]pull us under and
[F]There are things that dra[G]g us down
[Am]But there's a power and a vita[C]l presence
That's [F]lurking all a[E]round

[Chorus 1]
[Am]We've got [C]the Americ[F]an Jesus[G]
[Am]See him on t[C]he inter[F]stat[G]e
[Am]We've got [C]the Americ[Dm]an Jesus[F]
[Am]He helped build the pr[G]esident's esta[F]te

[Interlude 1]
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[Am][C][F][G]

[Verse 2]
[Am]I feel sorry for the earth[C]'s population
[F]'Cause so few live in the USA[G]
[Am]At least the foreigners
can [C]copy our morality
[F]They can visit, but they can[G]not stay
[Am]Only precious few
can [C]garner the prosperity
[F]It makes us walk with renewed con[G]fidence
[Am]We've got a place to go wh[C]en we die
And the [F]architect resides right [E]here

[Chorus 2]
[Am]We've got [C]the Americ[F]an Jesus[G]
[Am]Bolstering n[C]ationa[F]l fait[G]h
[Am]We've got [C]the Americ[Dm]an Jesus[F]
[Am]Overwhelming [G]millions every [F]day[E]

[Interlude 2]
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[Am][C][F][G]

[Bridge 1]
He's the [Am]farmers' barren fields
The [C]force the army wields
Ex[F]pressions on the faces
of the [G]starving millions
The [Am]power of the man
The [C]fuel that drives the Klan
He's the [F]motive and the conscience
of the [G]murderer
He's the [Am]preacher on T.V.
The [C]false sincerity
The [F]form letter that's written
by the [G]big computers
The [Am]nuclear bombs
The [C]kids with no moms
And I'm [F]fearful that he's inside [E]me

[Chorus 3]
[Am]We've got [C]the Americ[F]an Jesus[G]
[Am]See him on t[C]he inter[F]stat[G]e
[Am]We've got [C]the Americ[F]an Jesus[G]
[Am]Exercisi[C]ng his authori[F]ty[G]
[Am]We've got [C]the Americ[F]an Jesus[G]
[Am]Bolstering n[C]ationa[F]l fait[G]h
[Am]We've got [C]the Americ[Dm]an Jesus[F]
[Am]Overwhelming [G]millions every [F]day

[Outro 1]
[Am][C][F][G]
[Am](One natio[C]n under God)
[F](One nat[G]ion under God)
[Repeat and fade]