American Skin 41 Shots

| A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# 
| Asus4/F# |
| A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D 

| D |

| A         Asus4 | Asus4   | A/F#
  Forty one shots   . . . .   
      Asus4/F# | Asus4/F# |
Forty one shots      . . . .
| A/E       Asus4/E | Asus4/E | 
  Forty one shots     . . . .   
Dmaj7     D    | D       |
Forty one shots  . . . .

A         Asus4            
Forty one shots, and we'll take that
Asus4/F#
 ride
 Asus4/E                 Dmaj7
'Cross this bloody river to the 
        D
other side
A         Asus4   Asus4/F#
Forty one shots . cut through the 
night
                         Asus4/E   
You're kneeling over his body in 
            Dmaj7           D
the vestibule prayin' fer his life

D            D/C#             D 
Is it a gun? . Is it a knife? . 
                D/C#
Is it a wallet? . This is your life
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |
It ain't no se———cret
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# 
It ain't no se———cret          
D/B |    D         D/C# D/B
      No secret my friend
        D                   D/C# D/B
  E <>            |A    Asus4 
|
You can get killed just fer liv- 
vin' in your American skin

| Asus4   | A/F#      Asus4/F# | 
  . . . .   Forty one shots      
Asus4/F# |
. . . .
| A/E       Asus4/E | Asus4/E | 
  Forty one shots     . . . .   
Dmaj7 D | D       |
. . . .   . . . .

A         Asus4                   
Forty one shots, Lena gets her son
 Asus4/F#
 ready for school
Continúa después del anuncio
           Asus4/E
She says, "On these streets, 
Charles,
              Dmaj7          D
You've got to understand the rules.
      A       Asus4               
If an officer stops you, promise 
         Asus4/F#
me you'll always be polite,
                Asus4/E
And that you'll never ever run away
                    Dmaj7          
Promise Mama you'll keep your hands
    D
 in sight."

D            D/C#             D 
Is it a gun? . Is it a knife? . 
                D/C#
Is it a wallet? . This is your life
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |
It ain't no se———cret
D           D/C# D/B      D    
It ain't no se———cret, no 
     D/C# D/B
secret my friend
        D                          E
 <>             A
You can get killed just fer livin' 
in your American skin

| A Asus4 | Asus4 | A/F# Asus4/F# 
| Asus4/F# |
| A/E Asus4/E | Asus4/E | Dmaj7 D 

| D |

D              D/C#
. Is it a gun? . Is it a knife?
D                      D/C#
. Is it in your heart? . Is it in 
your eyes?
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |
It ain't no se———cret
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# 
It ain't no se———cret          
D/B | D           E
      It ain't no secret

A         Asus4            
Forty one shots, and we'll take that
Asus4/F#
 ride
 Asus4/E                 Dmaj7
'Cross this bloody river to the 
        D
other side
A         Asus4               
Forty one shots, got my boots 
Asus4/F#
caked with this mud
      Asus4/E                      
We're baptized in these waters and 
   Dmaj7        D
in each other's blood

D            D/C#             D 
Is it a gun? . Is it a knife? . 
                D/C#
Is it a wallet? . This is your life
D           D/C# D/B  | D D/C# D/B |
It ain't no se———cret
D           D/C# D/B      D    
It ain't no se———cret, no 
     D/C# D/B
secret my friend
        D                          E
 <>
You can get killed just for living 
in
        n/c
You can get killed just for living 
in
        n/c                         
               |A    Asus4 |
You can get killed just for living 
in your American skin

| Asus4   | A/F#      Asus4/F# | 
  . . . .   Forty one shots      
Asus4/F# |
. . . .
| A/E       Asus4/E | Asus4/E | 
Dmaj7 D | D <>    |
  Forty one shots     . . . .   
Forty one shots


Charted by Dexex

(My chord charts are intended to 
show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I 
play
songs. I don't claim they are the 
"right" way. They are not tabs, 
which
notate precisely how a song was 
played on a recording.)