american spirits chords by
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Key: D major
Verse 1
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I was raised on a Jesus, who was white and prestigious,
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said he never would leave our little country behind
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Said the pledge of allegiance, said I’d never smoke weed,
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and that my bible I’d read it when I couldn’t decide
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But the sermons were telling me, Hell was a felony,
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and Heaven’s the guilty plea that keeps me alive
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So my friend went and shot himself, the Jesus he asked for help,
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was probably somewhere else said, "Son get in line"
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D
D

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Verse 2
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G

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D
D

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Bm
Bm

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D
D

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Oh lord can you hear it
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The American spirit?
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G

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I don’t wanna go near it
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D

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You can smoke one outside
Verse 3
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D

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You can try to veneer it
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The American spirit
G
G

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Oh but something will smear it
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Just you give it some time
Verse 4
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D

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I was born in a city, built on homes of the Cherokee,
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and named after Muskogean words to describe
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We hijack the narrative, say that it’s heritage,
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tell them how good it is that history’s White
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Leave out the stolen land, re place it with Dixieland,
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and everyone claps their hands and sings its delight
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You can face it or just forget, I ask for a cigarette,
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D

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you hand me the silhouette smoking a pipe
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G
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D
D

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Verse 5
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G

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D

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Oh lord can you hear it
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The American spirit?
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G

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I don’t wanna go near it
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You can smoke one outside
Verse 6
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D

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You can try to veneer it
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The American spirit
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G

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Oh but something will smear it
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D

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G
G

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Just you give it some time
Interlude 1
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Bm
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A
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Verse 7
D
D

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Bm
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I believed in a master plan, the natural good in man,
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eventually shows its hand and takes home the pot
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But I’m holding my hopes within, get fooled once get fooled again,
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you’re bleeding American for something it’s not
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Verse 8
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Oh lord can you hear it
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The American spirit?
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G

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I don’t wanna go near it
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You can smoke one outside
Verse 9
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D

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You can try to veneer it
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The American spirit
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Oh but something will smear it
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Just you give it some time
Verse 10
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D

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You can try to steer it
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The American spirit
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G

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Oh, but something commandeers it
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Like the wind in the pines
Verse 11
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You can face it or just forget
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I ask for a cigarette
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G

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You hand me a silhouette
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Smoking a pipe

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