The Avett Brothers – We Americans (Guitar)
Capo 5
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
C G C
C G F
C G F
[Verse 1]
G C I grew up with reverence for the red, white, and blue F G C Spoke of God and liberty, reciting the pledge of allegiance G C Learned love of country from my own family F G C Some shivered and prayed approaching the beaches of Normandy G C The flag waves high and that's how it should be F G C So many lives given and taken in the name of freedom G C But the story's complicated and hard to read F G C G Pages of the book obscured or torn out completely
[Chorus]
C G C I am a son of uncle Sam C G F C G F And I struggle to understand the good and evil C G C But I'm doing the best I can C G F C G F In a place built on stolen land with stolen people
[Post-Chorus]
C G Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco G C Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco F G F Blood in the soil with the cotton and tobacco
[Verse 2]
G C A misnamed people and a kidnapped race F G C Laws may change, but we can't erase the scars of a nation G C Of children devalued and disavowed F G C Displaced by greed and the arrogance of manifest destiny G C Short-sighted to say it was a long time ago F G C Not even two life times have passed since the days of Lincoln G F The sins of Andrew Jackson, the shame of Jim Crow F G C G And time moves slow when the tragedies are beyond description
[Chorus]
C G C I am a son of uncle Sam C G F C G F And I struggle to understand the good and evil C G C But I'm doing the best I can C G F C G F In a place built on stolen land with stolen people Am G C F We are more than the sum of our parts Am G C F All these broken homes and broken hearts Am G C F God, will you keep us wherever we go? Am G C F Will you forgive us for where we've been? G We Americans
[Post-Chorus]
C G Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar G C Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar F G F Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar
[Verse 3]
G C I've been to every state and seen shore to shore F G The still open wounds of the Civil War G C Watched blind hatred bounce back and forth F G C Seen vile prejudice both in the south and the north G C And accountability is hard to impose F G C On ghosts of ancestors haunting the halls of our conscience G C But the path of grace and goodwill is still here F G C C C/B Am G For those of us who may be considered among the living
[Chorus]
C G C I am a son of God and man C G F C G F And I may never understand the good and evil C G C But I dearly love this land C G F C G F Because of and in spite of We The People Am G C F We are more than the sum of our parts Am G C F All these broken bones and broken hearts Am G C F God, will you keep us wherever we go? Am G C F Can you forgive us for where we've been? G F We Americans G We Americans
[Post-Chorus]
C G Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory G C Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory F C Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory G Love C G Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory G C Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory F C G Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory C G Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory G C Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory F C Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory G Love C G Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory G C Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory F G F Love in our hearts with the pain and the memory