[Intro] C  G  C  F  Am  G  C 
        C  G  C  F  Am  G  C 

        C         G
We were raised by wolves
   C              F
And we are still wild
                    Am             G
And we howl when the troubled wind blows
           C         G
And in the TV's blue light
    C              F
Oh, assassins will lie
           Am      G
If we just go down slow

  F              Am
So don't tread on me
   G          C
For I am your brother
      F            Am       G
I was born with an American heart
   F               Am
And don't tread on her
   G            C
For she is your sister
        F            Am       G
She was born with an American heart

        C          G
All the people you meet
   C              F
Down in the streets
                    Am             G
May be good but they don't wanna know
           C         G
So they cover their eyes, for
    C              F
Who wants to be sad?
                     Am            G
Life is sweet at the bottom of the sea

  F              Am
So don't tread on me
   G          C
For I am your brother
      F            Am       G
I was born with an American heart
   F               Am
And don't tread on her
   G            C
For she is your sister
        F            Am       G
She was born with an American heart

        C          G
All the mothers will cry
   C              F
Fathers stay up all night
                  Am          G
With a chill that goes to the bones
            C         G
And if your God makes war
     C             F
Then he's no God I know
                    Am            G
'Cause Christ would not send boys to die

  F              Am
So don't tread on me
   G          C
For I am your brother
      F            Am       G
I was born with an American heart
   F               Am
And don't tread on her
   G            C
For she is your sister
        F            Am       G
She was born with an American heart

          C          G
Don't you get low as hell
         C              F
When the peace dove is felled
                Am          G
By men with the blackest of minds
    C         G
And above the din
     C             F
Let the sighin' begin
                    Am            G
As we're bound for the longest of days

  F              Am
So don't tread on me
   G          C
For I am your brother
      F            Am       G
I was born with an American heart
   F               Am
And don't tread on her
   G            C
For she is your sister
        F            Am       G         G          C
She was born with an American heart