Key: D major
Verse 1
E
F#m
I was raised on a Jesus, who was white and prestigious,
C#m
E
said he never would leave our little country behind
F#m
Said the pledge of allegiance, said I’d never smoke weed,
E
and that my bible I’d read it when I couldn’t decide
F#m
But the sermons were telling me, Hell was a felony,
E
and Heaven’s the guilty plea that keeps me alive
F#m
So my friend went and shot himself, the Jesus he asked for help,
E
was probably somewhere else said, "Son get in line"
F#m
A
E
Verse 2
A
E
C#m
Verse 3
Verse 4
E
F#m
I was born in a city, built on homes of the Cherokee,
A
E
and named after Muskogean words to describe
F#m
We hijack the narrative, say that it’s heritage,
E
tell them how good it is that history’s White
F#m
Leave out the stolen land, re place it with Dixieland,
A
E
and everyone claps their hands and sings its delight
F#m
You can face it or just forget, I ask for a cigarette,
A
E
you hand me the silhouette smoking a pipe
B
A
E
Verse 5
A
Verse 6
E
A
Just you give it some time
Interlude 1
C#m
E
A
B
A
C#m
E
A
B
Verse 7
E
A
E
C#m
I believed in a master plan, the natural good in man,
A
E
eventually shows its hand and takes home the pot
F#m
But I’m holding my hopes within, get fooled once get fooled again,
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E
you’re bleeding American for something it’s not
A
Verse 8
Verse 9
Verse 10
Verse 11
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ChordsE F#m C#m A B
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