EAEB
Hold on, don't fight your war alone
EAEB
Hate all around you, don't have to face it on your own
G#mAEB
We will win this fight, let all souls be brave
G#mA
We'll find a way to heaven, we'll find a way
[Verse 1]
EA
War is old, so is sex, let's play God, you go next
EA
Hands go up, men go down, try my luck, stand my ground
EA
Die in church, live in jail say her name, twice in hell
E
Uncle Sam kissed a man, Jim Crow Jesus rose again
[Bridge]
DE
I like my woman in the kitchen
DE
I teach my children superstitions
E
I keep my two guns on my blue nightstand
D
A pretty young thang, she can wash my clothes
E
But she'll never ever wear my pants
[Pre-Chorus]
Am
I pledge allegiance to the flag
GC
Learned the words from my mom and dad
E
Cross my heart and I hope to die
E
With a big old piece of American pie
[Chorus]
AEB
Love me, baby, love me for who I am
EB
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
AEB
Don't try to take my country, I will defend my land
G#mA
I'm not crazy, baby, naw, I'm American
E
I'm American, I'm American, I'm American
[Verse 2]
DEG
Seventy-nine cent to your dollar
EDE
All that bullshit from white-collars
G
You see my color before my vision
ED
Sometimes I wonder if you were blind
E
Would it help you make a better decision?
[Pre-Chorus]
GAm
I pledge allegiance to the flag
GC
Learned the words from my mom and dad
E
Cross my heart and I hope to die
E
With a big old piece of American pie
[Chorus]
AEB
Just love me, baby, love me for who I am
EB
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
AE
Don't try to take my country
B
I will defend my land
G#mA
I'm not crazy, baby, naw, I'm American
E
I'm American, I'm American, I'm American
[Spoken Bridge]
E
Let me help you in here
E
Until women can get equal pay for equal work
Em
This is not my America
AE
Until same-gender loving people can be who they are
E
This is not my America
E
Until black people can come home from a police stop without being shot in the head
Am
This is not my America, huh!
GFE
Until poor whites can get a shot at being successful
E
This is not my America
E
I can't hear nobody talkin' to me
[Chorus]
AEB
Just love me, baby, love me for who I am
EB
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
AE
Don't try to take my country
B
I will defend my land
G#mA
I'm not crazy, baby, naw, I'm American (Love me, baby)
EB
I'm American yeah yeah yeah(Love me for who I am)
A
(Fallen angels)
[Spoken Outro]
EBG#mA
Until Latinos and Latinas don't have to run from walls
EB
This is not my America
G#mA
But I tell you today that the devil is a liar
E
Because it's gon' be my America before it's all over
F#m
Please sign your name on the dotted line