Americans

E      A       E               B
Hold on, don't fight your war alone
E           A                     E                  B
Hate all around you, don't have to face it on your own
        G#m      A      E                    B
We will win this fight, let all souls be brave
      G#m                   A
We'll find a way to heaven, we'll find a way

[Verse 1]
           E                           A
War is old, so is sex, let's play God, you go next
            E                          A
Hands go up, men go down, try my luck, stand my ground
              E                           A
Die in church, live in jail say her name, twice in hell
          E
Uncle Sam kissed a man, Jim Crow Jesus rose again

[Bridge]
           D          E
I like my woman in the kitchen
            D       E
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
G                                 C
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]
       A       E           B
Love me, baby, love me for who I am
 E                    B
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
             A               E        B
Don't try to take my country, I will defend my land
        G#m         A
I'm not crazy, baby, naw, I'm American
E
I'm American, I'm American, I'm American



[Verse 2]
            D      E             G
Seventy-nine cent to your dollar
E             D      E
All that bullshit from white-collars
                                 G
You see my color before my vision
E                               D
Sometimes I wonder if you were blind
E
Would it help you make a better decision?

[Pre-Chorus]
G Am
I pledge allegiance to the flag
G                                 C
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]
             A      E            B
Just love me, baby, love me for who I am
 E                     B
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
             A              E
Don't try to take my country
        B
I will defend my land
        G#m        A
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
A                 E
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!
G                           F              E
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]
             A      E            B
Just love me, baby, love me for who I am
 E                     B
Fallen angels, singing "Clap your hands"
             A              E
Don't try to take my country
        B
I will defend my land
        G#m        A
I'm not crazy, baby, naw, I'm American (Love me, baby)
E                B
I'm American yeah yeah yeah(Love me for who I am)
A
(Fallen angels)

[Spoken Outro]
               E   B                   G#m       A
Until Latinos and Latinas don't have to run from walls
         E           B
This is not my America
               G#m                           A
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