Americans

Americans easy guitar chords by Janelle Monáe

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Fret 2

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  • F#m

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  • Dsus4

  • C

  • F

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    3
  • Eb

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  • Em

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  • G

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • Dsus4

  • C

  • F

  • Gm

    3
  • Eb

    6
  • Em

  • Verse 1
    Hold 
    on, 
    don't 
    fight your 
    war alone 

    Halo 
    around 
    you, don't have 

    to face 
    it 
    on your own 

    We will 
    win 
    this fight 

    Let all souls 
    be brave 

    We'll 
    find 
    a way 
    to heaven 

    We'll 
    find 
    a way 

    War 
    is 
    old, 
    Verse 2
    so 
    is sex 

    Let's 
    play God, 
    you go 
    next 

    Heads 
    go 
    up, 
    men 
    go down 

    Try 
    my luck, 
    stand 
    my ground 

    Die 
    in church, 
    live 
    in jail 

    Say 
    her name, 
    twice 
    in 
    hell 

    Uncle 
    Sam 
    kissed 
    a man 

    Jim 
    Crow Je
    sus 
    rose 
    again 

    like 
    my 
    woman 
    Verse 3
    in the 
    kit
    chen 

    I teach 
    my 
    children 

    superstition

    I keep 
    my 
    two 
    guns 
    on my 

    blue 
    night
    stand 

    pretty 
    young 
    thang, 

    she can 
    wash 
    my clothes 

    But she'll 
    never 
    ever 
    wear 
    my pants 

    pledge 
    allegiance 
    Verse 4
    to 
    the 
    flag 

    Learned 
    the words 
    from 

    my mom 
    and 
    dad 

    Cross 
    my heart 
    and 
    I hope 
    to 
    die 

    With 
    big 
    old piece 
    of 
    American 
    pie 

    Love 
    me 
    baby, 
    Verse 5
    love 
    me 
    for 
    who 
    am 

    Fallen 
    angels 
    singing, 

    "clap 
    your hands" 

    Don't 
    try 
    to 
    take 
    my 
    country, 

    I will 
    de
    fend 
    my 
    land 

    I'm not 
    crazy, 
    baby, 
    naw 

    I'm 
    Americ
    an 

    I'm 
    American 

    I'm American 

    Verse 6
    I'm 
    American 


    Seventy-nine 
    cent 
    cent 
    to your 
    dol
    lar 

    All 
    that bullshit 
    from 
    white-collars 

    You 
    You see 
    my 
    col

    or 
    before 
    my 
    vis
    ion 

    Some
    times 
    wonder 
    if 

    you 
    would fly 

    Would it 
    help 
    you make 
    a better 
    decision? 

    pledge 
    allegiance 
    Verse 7
    to 
    the 
    flag 

    Learned 
    the words 
    from 

    my mom 
    and 
    dad 

    Cross 
    my 
    heart 
    and 
    I hope 
    to 
    die 

    With 
    a big 
    old piece 
    of 
    American 
    pie 

    Just love 
    me 
    baby, 
    Verse 8
    love 
    me 
    for 
    who 
    am 

    Fallen 
    angels 
    singing, 

    "clap 
    your 
    hands" 

    Don't 
    try 
    to 
    take 
    my 
    country, 

    will 
    de
    fend 
    my 
    land 

    I'm not 
    crazy, 
    baby, 
    naw 

    I'm 
    Americ
    an 

    I'm 
    American 

    I'm 
    American 

    Verse 9
    I'm 
    American 


    Let me help 
    you 
    in here 

    Until 
    women 
    can 
    get 
    equal 

    pay 
    for 
    equal 
    work 

    This 
    is 
    not my 
    America 

    Until 
    same 
    gender 
    loving 
    people 

    can 
    be 
    who 
    they 
    are 

    This is 
    not 
    my America 

    Until 
    black 
    people 
    can 
    come 

    home 
    from 
    a police 
    stop 

    Without 
    being shot 
    in 
    the 
    head 

    This 
    is 
    not 
    my 
    America 

    Un
    til 
    poor 
    whites 
    can get 

    a shot 
    at 
    being 
    successful 

    This 
    is not 
    my 
    America 

    Verse 10
    I can't 
    hear 
    nobody 
    talkin' 
    to 
    me 

    Just 
    love 
    me 
    baby, 

    love 
    me 
    for 
    who 
    am 

    Fallen 
    angels 
    singing, 

    "clap 
    your 
    hands" 

    Don't 
    try 
    to 
    take 
    my 
    country, 

    will 
    defend 
    my 
    land 

    I'm not 
    crazy, 
    baby, 
    naw 

    I'm 
    American 
    (love me 
    baby) 

    I'm 
    American 
    (love me 

    for 
    who I am) 

    Until 
    Latinos and 
    Latinas don't 
    have 
    Verse 11

    to run 
    from 
    walls 

    This is 
    not 
    my 
    America 

    But I 
    tell 
    you today 
    that 

    the devil 
    is 
    a liar 

    Because 
    it's gon' 
    be 
    my 
    America 

    before 
    it's 
    all over 

    Interlude 1

    Please 
    sign 
    your name 
    Verse 12
    on 
    the dot
    ted 
    line 

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