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