'Merican Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]We flipped our finger to
the king of england
Stole [G]our country [C]from the [G]indi[Am]ans
With [Em]god o[G]n our [Dm]side a[G]nd
[F]guns [C]in our [Am]hands
We [F]took it for [Am]our o[B]wn

[Verse 2]
A [Am]na tion dedicated to l[G]iberty[Am]
[F]Justice [C]and [G]equal[Am]ity
Doesn't [C]look that way to [G]you
It doesn't [F]look that [C]way [Am]to me
[F]The sickest joke I [Em]know

[Verse 3]
[Chor[C]us]
Listen up [G]man, I'll tell you [F]who I [Am]am
[C]Just another [G]stupid [F]amer[C]ic [Am]an
[C]You don't want to [G]listen
You don't [F]want to under[Am]stand
So [F]finish up your [E]drink and go [Am]home

[Verse 4]
I [Am]come from the land [G]of Ben Frank[Am]lin
[F]Twain and [C]Poe and [G]Walt Whit[Am]man
[Em]Ot i[C]s Re[Dm]dding, E[G]llin[F]g ton,[C]
[Am]The [F]country that I love[B]
But [Am]it's a land

[Verse 5]
of the slaves and
the [G]ku [Am]klux klan
Haymarket [C]riot and the
[G]great de[C]pres[Am]sion
[Em]Joe [C]Mc C[G]arthy, V[F]ietnam
[Am]The sick[F]est joke I know[Am]
[Em][C][G]

[Verse 6]
[F]
[Chor[Am]us]
[C]I'm[G][F][C][Am][C][G][F]
[Am][F]
[E]pro[Am]ud an[F]d ashamed[B]
[E]Every fou[Am]rth of July
You [B]got to know the truth
Before you [E]say that you got pride

[Interlude 1]
[E][Am][C][G]
[Am][F][C][G][Am][C][G]
[F][Am][F][Em]
[E]Now the cops

[Verse 7]
[Am]got tanks 'cause
the kids got guns
Shrinks [A]pushin' [Am]pills [A]on
[Am]every[A5]one
Cancer from the [Am]ocean,
cancer from the sun
[F]Straight to Hell we go

[Outro 1]
[Chorus: x2]
[C][G][F][Am][C][G][F][C][Am]
[C][G][F][Am][F][Em]
[C][G][F][Am][C][G][F][C][Am]
[C][G][F][Am][F][E][Am]
[F][E][Am]