Americans chords by Janelle Monáe

SimplifiedD · G · A · F#m · Dsus4 …

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Verse 1
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Hold on, don't fight your war alone
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Halo around you, don't have
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to face it on your own
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F#m 
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We will win this fight
Let all souls be brave
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F#m 
We'll find  a way to heaven
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We'll find a way
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War is old,

Verse 2
so is sex
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Let's play God, you go next
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Heads go       up, men go down
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Try my luck, stand my ground
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Die in church, live in jail
Say her name, twice in hell
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Dsus4 
Uncle Sam kissed a man
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Jim Crow Jesus rose again
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I like my woman

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Verse 3
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C 
in the kitchen
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D 
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I teach my children
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C 
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G 
superstitions
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C 
D 
I keep my two guns on my
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F 
blue nightstand
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A pretty young thang,
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she can wash my clothes
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But she'll never ever wear my pants
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Gm 
I pledge allegiance

Verse 4
to the flag
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Learned the words from
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my mom and dad
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Cross my heart and I hope to die
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D 
With a big old piece of American pie
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Love me baby,

Verse 5
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G 
love me for who I am
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D 
Fallen angels singing,
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"clap your hands"
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Don't try to take my country,
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I will defend my land
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I'm not crazy, baby, naw
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I'm American
I'm American
I'm American

Verse 6
I'm American
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C 
Seventy-nine cent cent to your dollar
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C 
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All that bullshit from white-collars
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You You see my col
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or before my vision
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Sometimes I wonder if
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C 
you would fly
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Would it help you make a better decision?
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Gm 
I pledge allegiance

Verse 7
to the flag
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Learned the words from
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my mom and dad
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C 
Cross my heart and I hope to die
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With a big old piece of American pie
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Just love me baby,

Verse 8
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love me for who I am
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G 
D 
Fallen angels singing,
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"clap your hands"
F#m 
G 
Don't try to take my country,
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A 
F#m 
I will defend my land
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I'm not crazy, baby, naw
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I'm American
I'm American
I'm American

Verse 9
I'm American
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Let me help you in here
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Until women can get equal
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pay for equal    work
This is not my America
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D 
Until same gender loving people
can be who they are
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This is not my America
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Until black people   can come
home from a police stop
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Without being shot in the head
Gm 
This is  not my America
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Eb 
Un til poor whites can get
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a shot at being successful
This is not my America

Verse 10
I can't hear nobody talkin' to me
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G 
Just love me baby,
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A 
D 
love me for who I am
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D 
Fallen angels singing,
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"clap your hands"
F#m 
G 
Don't try to take my country,
D 
A 
F#m 
I will defend my land
G 
I'm not crazy, baby, naw
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G 
I'm American (love me baby)
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A 
I'm American (love me
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G 
D 
for who I am)
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Until Latinos and Latinas don't have

Verse 11
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to run from walls
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D 
This is not my America
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F#m 
But I tell you today that
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the devil is a liar
Because it's gon' be my America
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before it's all over