American chords by
F.o.d.
F.o.d.

N/A
Key: D# minor
Verse 1
Em
Em

Why do we hate?
We hate because we're taught to hate.
B
B

We hate because we're ignorant.
D
D

We're the product of
ignorant people
Am
Am

who have been taught an ignorant thing,
which is that there are four or five
different races.
C
C

There are not four
G
G

or five different races.
There's only one race on the face of the earth,
Bbdim
Bbdim

and we're all members of that race,
the human race.
B
B

Em
Em

But we have separated people into races
B
B

so that some of us may
see ourselves
as superior to the others.
D
D

We thought it would work, I guess.
It hasn't worked.
Am
Am

It has been bad for everyone.
C
C

It's time to get over this business.
There is no gene for racism.
G
G

There's no gene for bigotry.
F#
F#

You're not born a bigot,
Bbdim
Bbdim

you have to learn to be a bigot.
B
B

Anything you learn, you can unlearn.
G
G

It's time to unlearn our bigotry.
F#
F#

Em
Em

It's time to get over this thing,
B
B

Bb
Bb

Bb5
Bb5

G
G

Em
Em

B
B

and we best get over it pretty soon.
Bb
Bb

Bbdim
Bbdim

G
G

Em
Em

B
B

Bb
Bb

G
G

Em
Em

B
B

Em
Em

B
B

Bb
Bb

G
G

Em
Em

B
B

Bb
Bb

G
G

Em
Em

F#
F#

C
C

B
B

Em
Em

F#
F#

C
C

F#
F#

C
C

B
B

F#
F#

G
G

Am
Am

B
B

C
C

Em
Em

Proud American,
Am
Am

G
G

can you please ex plain
Em
Em

C
C

in simple words
Am
Am

Em
Em

How you think someone like them will
D
D

Build a safer,
Am
Am

G
G

Em
Em

more human state
C
C

Am
Am

for you to live in
Em
Em

F#
F#

Am
Am

Em
Em

I am only trying to understand
Where you come from,
F#
F#

Am
Am

Em
Em

where you're dying to go
E
E

Em
Em

F#
F#

There must be something wrong
Bbdim
Bbdim

Am
Am

Em
Em

with the way I think
F#
F#

Can't comprehend all that
Am
Am

Em
Em

you seem to know
True American
Somehow you're convinced
G
G

C
C

that you are worth more
Am
Am

Em
Em

Based on the color of your skin
Am
Am

Em
Em

C
C

Education failed but it's not too late
Am
Am

Em
Em

For you to unlearn
Outro 1
F#
F#

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Am

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Em

F#
F#

Am
Am

E
E

Em
Em

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E

F#
F#

Am
Am

Em
Em

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Am

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