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