Americans chords by Janelle Monáe
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Verse 1
(D major) Hold on, (G major) don't fight your war alone (A major)
(D major) Halo (G major) around you, don't have
to face it (D major) on your own
(A major) We will win (F sharp minor) this fight (G major)
Let all souls be brave
(A major) We'll (F sharp minor) find a way to heaven
We'll (G major) find a way
War is (D major) old,
Verse 2
so is sex
Let's (G major) play God, you go next
Heads (Dsus4) go up, men go down
Try (G major) my luck, stand my ground
Die in church, (D major) live (G major) in jail
Say her name, twice in hell
Uncle Sam (C major) (Dsus4) kissed a man
Jim Crow Je (G major) sus rose again
I (D major) like my (C major) woman
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Verse 3
(D major) in the kit (C major) chen
(F major) (D major) I teach my (C major) children
(D major) superstition (C major) s (F major) (G major)
(D major) I keep my two (C major) guns (D major) on my
(C major) blue (D major) night (C major) (F major) stand
A (D major) pretty young thang,
she can wash (C major) my clothes
But she'll (D major) never ever wear my pants
I (F major) (G minor) pledge allegiance
Verse 4
to the flag
(F major) Learned the words from
my mom (E flat major) and dad
(D major) Cross my heart and I hope (C major) to die
With a (D major) big old piece of American (F major) pie (D major)
Love me (G major) baby,
Verse 5
(D major) love me for (A major) who I am (G major)
(D major) Fallen (G major) angels (D major) singing,
"clap (A major) your hands"
(F sharp minor) Don't try (G major) to take my country,
(D major) I will de (A major) fend my land (F sharp minor)
I'm not crazy, baby, (G major) naw
I'm Americ (D major) an
I'm American
I'm American
Verse 6
I'm American
(D major)
Seventy-nine (C major) cent cent (D major) to your dol (C major) lar
(F major) (D major) All that bullshit (C major) (D major) from white-collars
You (C major) (F major) (D major) You see my col
(C major) or (D major) before my vis (C major) ion
(F major) Some (D major) times I wonder (C major) if
(D major) you (C major) would fly
Would it (D major) help you make a better decision?
I (F major) (G minor) pledge allegiance
Verse 7
to the flag
(F major) Learned the words from
my mom (E flat major) and dad
(D major) Cross my heart and I hope to (C major) die
(D major) With a big old piece of American pie
Just love me (G major) baby,
Verse 8
(D major) love me for (A major) who I am
(D major) Fallen (G major) angels (D major) singing,
"clap (A major) your hands"
(F sharp minor) Don't try to (G major) take my country,
(D major) I will de (A major) fend my land (F sharp minor)
I'm not crazy, baby, (G major) naw
I'm American (D major)
I'm American
I'm American
Verse 9
I'm American
(D major)
Let me help you in here
Until women (G major) can get equal
pay for (Dsus4) equal (C major) work
This is not my America
(G major) Until same gender loving (D major) people
can be who they are
(G major) This is not my America
Until black (Dsus4) people can come
home from a police stop
Without (G major) being shot in the head
This (G minor) is not my America
(F major) Un til poor whites (E flat major) can get
a shot at (D major) being successful
This is not my America
Verse 10
I can't hear nobody talkin' to me
(D major) Just love me (G major) baby,
(D major) love me for (A major) who I am (D major)
Fallen (G major) angels (D major) singing,
"clap (A major) your hands"
(F sharp minor) Don't try to (G major) take my country,
(D major) I (A major) will defend my land (F sharp minor)
I'm not crazy, baby, (G major) naw
I'm American (D major) (love me (G major) baby)
I'm American (D major) (love me (A major)
(G major) (D major) for (G major) (D major) who I am)
Until (A major) Latinos and Latinas don't have
Verse 11
(F sharp minor)
to run from walls
(G major) This is not (D major) my America
But I (A major) tell you today (F sharp minor) that
the devil is a liar (G major)
Because it's gon' be my America
(D major) before it's all over
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(D major) (G major) (D major) (D major)
Please sign (F sharp minor) your name
Verse 12
on the dot (E minor) ted line
Americans
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