American Jesus Acoustic
Bad ReligionVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
x3
(ad lib on the for the build up)
I don't need to be a global citizen
Cause I'm blessed by nationality
I'm a member of a growing populace
We enforce our popularity
There are things that seem to pull us under and
There are things that drag us down
But there's a power and a vital presence
that's lurking all around
(here the tempo speeds up, listen to the song to get it)
We've Got the American Jesus
See him on the interstate
We've Got the American Jesus
E
He helped build the president's esta---a---ate
I feel sorry for the earth's population
Cause so few live in the USA
At least the foreigners can copy our morality
They can Visit but they cannot stay
Only precious few can garner the prosperity
That makes us walk with renewed confidence
We got a place to go when we die
And the architect resides right here
We've Got the American Jesus
See him on the interstate
We've Got the American Jesus
E
Overwhelming millions every da----a---ay
(they palm mute although solo acoustic i prefer to do reggae upstrokes)
He's the farmer's barren fields
The force the army weilds
The expressions on the faces of the starving children
The power of the man
The fuel that drives the clan
The motive and the conscience of the murderer
The preacher on TV
The false sincerity
The form letter that's written by the big computer
The nuclear bomb
The kids with no mom
And I'm fearful that he's inside me
We've Got the American Jesus
See him on the interstate
We've Got the American Jesus
E
Overwhelming millions every da----a---ay
(this next part is the backing vocals sung during the bridge - farmer's barren fields
- but i change it up because it is solo acoustic. i use the same chords as the bridge
the following lyrics)
In God
We Trust
Cause he is one of us
Cave in
He will redeem your sin
Good heart
Clear mind
And infinately kind
You lose
We win E*
He is our champion
or twice if you want) and you're done.
peace.
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Readable chord sheet for American Jesus Acoustic by Bad Religion
[Am] [F] [C] [G] x3 [Am] [F] (ad lib on the [E] for the build up) [Am]I don't need to be a [F]global citizen [C]Cause I'm blessed by natio[G]nality [Am]I'm a member of a [F]growing populace [C]We enforce our popu[G]larity [Am]There are things that seem to [F]pull us under and [C]There are things that [G]drag us down [Am]But there's a power and a [F]vital presence that's [C]lurking all ar[E]ound (here the tempo speeds up, listen to the song to get it) [Am]We've [F]Got the Am[C]erican J[G]esus [Am]See him [F]on the i[C]nterst[G]ate [Am]We've [F]Got the Am[C]erican J[G]esus [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [E] He helped build the president's esta---a---ate [Am]I feel sorry for the [F]earth's population [C]Cause so few live in the [G]USA [Am]At least the foreigners can [F]copy our morality [C]They can Visit but they [G]cannot stay [Am]Only precious few can [F]garner the prosperity [C]That makes us walk with [G]renewed confidence [Am]We got a place to [F]go when we die And the [C]architect resides right [E]here [Am]We've [F]Got the Am[C]erican J[G]esus [Am]See him [F]on the i[C]nterst[G]ate [Am]We've [F]Got the Am[C]erican J[G]esus [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [E] Overwhelming millions every da----a---ay (they palm mute although solo acoustic i prefer to do reggae upstrokes) [Am]He's the farmer's barren fields [F]The force the army weilds [C]The expressions on the faces of the st[G]arving children [Am]The power of the man [F]The fuel that drives the clan [C]The motive and the conscience of the [G]murderer [Am]The preacher on TV [F]The false sincerity [C]The form letter that's written by the [G]big computer [Am]The nuclear bomb [F]The kids with no mom [C]And I'm fearful that he's [G]inside m[E]e [Am]We've [F]Got the Am[C]erican J[G]esus [Am]See him [F]on the i[C]nterst[G]ate [Am]We've [F]Got the Am[C]erican J[G]esus [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [E] Overwhelming millions every da----a---ay (this next part is the backing vocals sung during the bridge - farmer's barren fields - but i change it up because it is solo acoustic. i use the same chords as the bridge the following lyrics) In God We Trust Cause he is one of us Cave in He will redeem your sin Good heart Clear mind And infinately kind You lose We win E* He is our champion or twice if you want) and you're done. peace.