We Americans

We Americans easy guitar chords by The Avett Brothers

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    grew 
    up with reverence 

    for the 
    red white 
    and blue 

    Spoke 
    of God 
    and liberty 
    recit

    ing 
    the Pledge 
    of allegiance 

    Learned 
    love 
    of country 

    from my 
    own 
    family 

    Some 
    shivered 
    and 
    prayed 
    approach

    ing 
    the beaches 
    of Normandy 

    The 
    flag 
    waves 
    high 
    and that's 

    how it 
    should be 

    So 
    many 
    lives 
    given 
    and taken 

    in the name 
    of freedom 

    But 
    the 
    story's 
    complicated 

    and hard 
    to 
    read 

    Pages 
    of the 
    book 
    ob
    scured 

    or torn 
    out completely 

    Verse 2
    am 
    a son 
    of 
    Uncle 
    Sam 

    And 
    I struggle 
    to 
    understand 

    The 
    good 
    and 
    evil 

    But I'm 
    doing 
    the 
    best 
    can 

    In a 
    place 
    built 
    on 
    stolen 
    land 

    With stolen 
    people 

    Verse 3
    Blood 
    in the 
    soil 
    with the cot

    ton and 
    tobacco 

    Blood 
    in the 
    soil 
    with the cot

    ton and 
    tobacco 

    Blood 
    in the 
    soil 
    with the cot

    ton 
    and tobac
    co 

    Verse 4

    misnamed 
    people 

    and a kid
    napped 
    race 

    Laws 
    may change 
    but 
    we can't 

    erase 
    the scares 
    of a na
    tion 

    Of 
    children 
    devalued and 
    dis
    avowed 

    Dis
    placed 
    by greed 
    and the arrog

    ance 
    of manifest 
    destiny 

    Short- 
    sighted 
    to say 

    it was a long 
    time 
    ago 

    Not 
    even 
    two 
    life 
    times 
    have 
    passed 

    since 
    the days 
    of 
    Lincoln 

    The 
    sins 
    of Andrew 
    Jackson, 

    the 
    shame 
    of Jim 
    Crow 

    And 
    time 
    moves 
    slow 
    when the tra

    gedies 
    are 
    beyond 
    descrip
    tion 

    Verse 5

    am 
    a son 
    of 
    Uncle 
    Sam 

    And 
    I struggle 
    to 
    understand 

    The 
    good 
    and 
    evil 

    But I'm 
    doing 
    the 
    best 
    can 

    In 
    a place 
    built 
    on 
    stolen 
    land 

    With stolen 
    people 

    Verse 6
    We 
    are 
    more 
    than 
    the 
    sum 
    of our 
    parts 

    All 
    these 
    broken 
    homes 

    and 
    broken 
    hearts 

    God, 
    will 
    you 
    keep 
    us 
    wherever 
    we 
    go? 

    Will 
    you 
    for
    give 
    us 
    for 

    where 
    we've 
    been? 

    We 
    Americans 


    Verse 7
    Blood 
    on the 
    table 
    with the cof

    fee 
    and the sugar 

    Blood 
    on the 
    table 
    with the cof

    fee 
    and the sugar 

    Blood 
    on the 
    table 
    with the cof

    fee 
    and the sugar, 
    mm 

    Verse 8

    I've 
    been 
    to every 
    state 
    and 

    seen 
    shore 
    to shore 

    The 
    still 
    open 
    wounds 
    of the 
    Civil 
    War 

    Watched 
    blind 
    hatred 

    bounce 
    back 
    and forth 

    Seen 
    vile 
    prejudice 
    both 
    in 

    the south 
    and the north 

    And 
    ac
    countability 
    is hard 
    to 
    impose 

    On 
    ghosts 
    of ancestors 
    haunt
    ing 

    the halls 
    of 
    our con
    science 

    But 
    the 
    path 
    of grace 
    and 

    good will 
    is 
    still 
    here 

    For 
    those 
    of us 
    who may 
    be con

    sidered 
    among 
    the 
    living 

    Verse 9

    am 
    son 
    of 
    God 
    and 
    man 

    And 
    I may 
    never 
    understand 

    The 
    good 
    and 
    evil 

    But I 
    dearly 
    love 
    this 
    land 

    Because 
    of 
    and 
    in 
    spite 

    Of we 
    the 
    people 

    Verse 10
    We 
    are 
    more 
    than 
    the 
    sum 
    of our 
    parts 

    All 
    these 
    broken 
    bones 

    and broken 
    hearts 

    God, 
    will 
    you 
    keep 
    us 
    wherever 
    we 
    go? 

    Can 
    you 
    for
    give 
    us 
    for 

    where 
    we've 
    been? 

    We 
    Americans 

    Mm 

    We 
    Americans 

    Verse 11
    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the 

    pain 
    and the memory 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 

    Love 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the 

    pain 
    and the memory 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 


    Verse 12
    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 

    Love 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory 

    Love 
    in our 
    hearts 
    with the pain 

    and the memory, 
    mm 

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