Misc Originals – Brian Lee - American Metal (Guitar)

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[Intro] D A G A [Verse 1]
D             A
I was born in Pennsylvania steel mill

G                A
On the Fourth of July

D               A
Star spangled baby from my first breath

G              A
This country, my birthright

D                A
Now looking back through polaroids

G                A
the colors of my youth

   D                        A
There were Blue Angels, Purple Rain,

   G                    A
Pink Houses for me and you
[Chorus]
G       A         D
Stratocasters and F-18’s

G       A         D
Sonic booms my ears could see

G       A      Bm
Rock and roll fly over me

G       A      D
Ain’t that American?

G       A      D
Ain’t that American?
D A G A [Verse 2]
D                A
All along the border wall,

G                A
can this be our fate?

          D                 A
Does the mother and child separation

    G                A
become the American Way?

   D                     A
A brick in the wall to keep em out,

         G               A
but add it up on who got in

       D                 A
One Carlos Santana, a quarter of KISS

     G               A
two brothers, Van Halen
[Chorus]
G       A         D
Stratocasters and F-18’s

G       A         D
Sonic booms my ears could see

G       A      Bm
Rock and roll fly over me

G       A      D
Ain’t that American?

G       A      D
Ain’t that American?
D A G A [Verse 3]
D           A
Not all who made America

G               A
were Born in The USA, you drink with

D                   A
Adolph Coors, wear Levi Strauss,

  G               A
drive with Louis Chevrolet

          D                 A
For an immigrant child a visa card ain’t

    G            A
everywhere you want it to be

       D                     A
If they deport the man whos America’s savage

 G                   A
Then         savage 22 is me.
[Chorus]
G       A         D
Stratocasters and F-18’s

G       A         D
Sonic booms my ears could see

G       A      Bm
Rock and roll fly over me

G       A      D
Ain’t that American?

G       A      D
Ain’t that American?
D A G A [Bridge]
Bm            A             G
Mellencamp sang Home of The Free

Bm     A                G      A
I'll sing for the Land of the Brave
[Chorus]
G       A         D
Stratocasters and F-18’s

G       A         D
Sonic booms my ears could see

G       A      Bm
Rock and roll fly over me

G       A      D
Ain’t that American?

G       A      D
Ain’t that American?
[Outro]
G       A        D
Jet blast and a Marshall Stack

G       A        D
It don’t get louder than that

G       A            Bm
To move forward, you gotta look back

G      A        D
Ain’t that American?

G       A        D
Ain’t that American?