Tonalità: D major
Verse 1
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I was raised on a Jesus, who was white and prestigious,
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said he never would leave our little country behind
Am
Said the pledge of allegiance, said I’d never smoke weed,
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and that my bible I’d read it when I couldn’t decide
Am
But the sermons were telling me, Hell was a felony,
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and Heaven’s the guilty plea that keeps me alive
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So my friend went and shot himself, the Jesus he asked for help,
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was probably somewhere else said, "Son get in line"
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C
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Verse 2
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Em
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Oh lord can you hear it
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The American spirit?
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I don’t wanna go near it
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You can smoke one outside
Verse 3
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You can try to veneer it
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The American spirit
C
Oh but something will smear it
G
Just you give it some time
Verse 4
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Am
I was born in a city, built on homes of the Cherokee,
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and named after Muskogean words to describe
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We hijack the narrative, say that it’s heritage,
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tell them how good it is that history’s White
Am
Leave out the stolen land, re place it with Dixieland,
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G
and everyone claps their hands and sings its delight
Am
You can face it or just forget, I ask for a cigarette,
C
G
you hand me the silhouette smoking a pipe
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C
G
Verse 5
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Oh lord can you hear it
Am
The American spirit?
C
I don’t wanna go near it
G
You can smoke one outside
Verse 6
G
You can try to veneer it
Am
The American spirit
C
Oh but something will smear it
G
C
Just you give it some time
Interlude 1
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C
D
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Em
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Verse 7
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C
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Em
I believed in a master plan, the natural good in man,
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G
eventually shows its hand and takes home the pot
Am
But I’m holding my hopes within, get fooled once get fooled again,
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G
you’re bleeding American for something it’s not
C
Verse 8
G
Oh lord can you hear it
Am
The American spirit?
C
I don’t wanna go near it
G
You can smoke one outside
Verse 9
G
You can try to veneer it
Am
The American spirit
C
Oh but something will smear it
G
Just you give it some time
Verse 10
G
You can try to steer it
Am
The American spirit
C
Oh, but something commandeers it
G
Like the wind in the pines
Verse 11
G
You can face it or just forget
Am
I ask for a cigarette
C
You hand me a silhouette
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Smoking a pipe
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