American Son chords by The Winterlings

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Verse 1
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 (E minor) On the day that you were born,
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they were smoking ci (C major) garettes
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You were  (A minor) breathing it in,
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you were breathing it in (C major)  (A minor) 
Em 
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 (E minor) You were tugging on her  (C major) breast
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Hungry  (A minor) as a flea,
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Em 
on a  (C major) dog -hat day  (A minor)  (E minor) 
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Em 
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Hey, hey, American son  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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He taught  (A minor) you how to choke,
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Am 
but you learned how to run  (C major)  (A minor) 
Em 
Un (E minor) derwater at the church,
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in a  (C major) porcelain tub
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They  (A minor) said that you were saved,
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Am 
but they  (C major) didn't say from what  (A minor) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor) And you saw the deacon (C major) 's son
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Laugh (A minor) in' at a picture
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of a  (C major) black man hung
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Em 
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 (A minor) Hey,  (E minor) hey, American son  (C major) 
Em 
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Hey,  (E minor) hey, American son  (C major) 
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He taught  (A minor) you how to pray
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but you learned how to run  (C major) 
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Em 
 (A minor) Made  (E minor) it through school,
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on the  (C major) G  .I. Bill
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You were ques (A minor) tioning war,
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you are  (C major) questioning steel
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Em 
The  (A minor)  (E minor) cancer in your
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grand (C major) ma's neck
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Taught  (A minor) you how to learn
Em 
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Em 
from  (E minor) the  (C major) ghost in the rain  (A minor)  (E minor) 
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Hey, hey American son  (C major) 
Em 
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Hey,  (E minor) hey American son  (C major) 
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Taught  (A minor) you how to hate
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Am 
but you learned how to run  (C major)  (A minor) 
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 (G major) Ah,  (F major)  (C major) ah, ah, ah,  (G major) ah, ah,
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ah,  (F major) ah, ah,  (C major) ah,  (G major) ah, ah.
Em 
The  (E minor) rich get cars,
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the  (C major) poor get beer,
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football  (A minor) games and  (C major) televised fear.
Em 
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Light  (E minor) a few fireworks out  (C major) in the drive
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The  (A minor) ribs of a pig on the
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Em 
 (C major) 4th of July  (A minor)  (E minor) 
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Em 
Hey, hey, American son  (C major)  (E minor) 
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Hey, hey, American son  (C major) 
Am 
He taught  (A minor) you how to stay
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but you learned how to run  (C major) 
Am 
You  (A minor) taught you how to stay
but you learned how to rot