Key: B minor•
Verse 1
Bm
D
Der er ikkje synder eller sorg,
Bm
A
Bm
Der er ikkje gråt og tåre.
Em
Bm
G
A
Bm
G
F#m
Ambrose
Larson
From the
D
A
Bm
Bergen shore I've come
G
F#
Couldn't speak the native tongue
D
G
My wi fe and child are terrified
Of these
Midwestern storms
A
Bm
G
But we settle down in
A
Lime
Creek
Jim
F#
Bm
G
Bm
G
Coon, his farm.
Em
D
Bm
A
G
A
Bm
The blackbirds and the locusts
D
Bm
Destroyed our corn and wheat.
Bm
D
Em
With traps and clothes and shotguns load,
F#m
G
A
we fought this all while ground
A
G
Bm
but now doctors they're around
American
Primitive
Man,
American
Primitive
F#m
Man
A
G
F#m
Bible in my hand,
Primitive
Bm
Man
I married
Bridget
O'Malley, she's
F#m
Bm
O'Mal ley's kin
That pirate queen from the
Isle of
D
G
F#
Clare who led two hundred men
D
Em
D
Invincible on land and sea was the
A
Bm
G
A
Her spi rits in my children's blood,
G
F#m
Bm
they'll prosper here or die
I learned to plow a decent row,
F#m
Bm
make candles, knives and gloves
G
F#
Go d's eternal love
D
Em
Cooney taught me whiskey craft
D
G
A
and when hardships are extreme
G
A
I, we ta ke a sip and
G
Bm
disappear in dreams
American
Primitive
Man,
American
Primitive
F#m
Land
Bm
A
G
Bought my share of the promised land,
Bm
Man
American
Primitive
Man,
American
Primitive
F#m
Land
F#
Bm
Nor way
A
G
Bible in my hand,
Em
Bm
American primitive man
Outro 1
E
B
E
Bm
E
Bm
E
G#m
E
C#m
E
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm G D A Em...
Bm
G
D
A
Em
F#m
F#
E
B
G#m
C#m
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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