We Americans chords by The Avett Brothers
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (G major)
Verse 1
I (A major) grew up with reverence
for the (D major) red white and blue
Spoke (G major) of God and liberty recit
(A major) ing the Pledge of allegiance
(D major) Learned (A major) love of country
from my (D major) own family
Some (G major) shivered and prayed approach
(A major) ing the beaches of Normandy (D major)
The (A major) flag waves high and that's
(D major) how it should be
So (G major) many lives given and taken (A major)
in the name of freedom (D major)
But the (A major) story's complicated
and hard (D major) to read
(G major) Pages of the book ob (A major) scured
or torn out completely
(D major) (A major)
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Verse 2
I am a son (D major) of (A major) Uncle (D major) Sam
And I struggle (A major) to (G major) understand
The (D major) good (A major) and (G major) evil
But I'm (D major) doing the (A major) best I (D major) can
In a place (A major) built on (G major) stolen land
(D major) With stolen (A major) (G major) people
Verse 3
(D major) Blood in the soil with the cot
(A major) ton and tobacco
Blood in the soil with the cot
(D major) ton and tobacco
(G major) Blood in the soil with the cot
(A major) ton and tobacco
(G major)
Verse 4
A (A major) misnamed people
and a kid (D major) napped race
Laws (G major) may change but we can't
(A major) erase the scares of a na (D major) tion
Of (A major) children devalued and (D major) disavowed
Dis (G major) placed by greed and the arrog
(A major) ance of manifest destiny
(D major) Short- (A major) sighted to say
it was a long (D major) time ago
Not (G major) even two life times have (A major) passed
since the days of (D major) Lincoln
The (A major) sins of Andrew Jackson,
the (D major) shame of Jim Crow
And (G major) time moves slow when the tra
(A major) gedies are beyond descrip (D major) tion
(A major)
Verse 5
I am a son (D major) of (A major) Uncle (D major) Sam
And I struggle (A major) to (G major) understand
The (D major) good (A major) and (G major) evil
But I'm (D major) doing the (A major) best I (D major) can
In a place (A major) built on (G major) stolen land
(D major) With stolen (A major) (G major) people
Verse 6
We are (B minor) more (A major) than the (D major) sum of our (G major) parts
All these (B minor) broken (A major) homes
and (D major) broken (G major) hearts
God, will you (B minor) keep (A major) us wherever (D major) we (G major) go?
Will you for (B minor) give (A major) us for
(D major) where we've (G major) been?
We Americans
(A major)
Verse 7
(D major) Blood on the table with the cof
(A major) fee and the sugar
Blood on the table with the cof
(D major) fee and the sugar
(G major) Blood on the table with the cof
(A major) fee and the sugar, mm
(G major)
Verse 8
I've (A major) been to every state and
(D major) seen shore to shore
The (G major) still open wounds of the (A major) Civil War
Watched blind hatred
bounce (D major) back and forth
Seen (G major) vile prejudice both (A major) in
the south and the north (D major)
And (A major) ac countability is hard (D major) to impose
On (G major) ghosts of ancestors haunt (A major) ing
the halls of our con (D major) science
But the (A major) path of grace and
good will (D major) is still here
For (G major) those of us who may be con
(A major) sidered among the living
(D major) (A major)
Verse 9
I am a (D major) son of (A major) God and (D major) man
And I may (A major) never (G major) understand
The (D major) good (A major) and (G major) evil
But I (D major) dearly (A major) love this (D major) land
Because (A major) of (G major) and in spite
(D major) Of we (A major) the (G major) people
Verse 10
We are (B minor) more (A major) than the (D major) sum of our (G major) parts
All these (B minor) broken (A major) bones
(D major) and broken (G major) hearts
God, will you (B minor) keep (A major) us wherever (D major) we (G major) go?
Can you for (B minor) give (A major) us for
(D major) where we've (G major) been?
We (A major) Americans
Mm (G major)
We (A major) Americans
Verse 11
(D major) Love in our hearts with the
(A major) pain and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain (D major)
and the memory
(G major) Love in our hearts with the pain (D major)
and the memory
(A major) Love
(D major) Love in our hearts with the pain (A major)
and the memory
Love in our hearts with the
(D major) pain and the memory
(G major) Love in our hearts with the pain (D major)
and the memory
(A major)
Verse 12
(D major) Love in our hearts with the pain (A major)
and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain (D major)
and the memory
(G major) Love in our hearts with the pain (D major)
and the memory (A major)
Love
(D major) Love in our hearts with the pain (A major)
and the memory
Love in our hearts with the pain (D major)
and the memory
(G major) Love in our hearts with the pain (A major)
and the memory, mm (G major)
We Americans
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