'Merican
The DescendentsVersion1
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we flipped our finger to the king of england
stole our country from the indians
with god at our side and guns in our hands
we took it for our own
a nation dedicated to liberty
justice and equality
doesn't look that way to you
it doesn't look that way to me
the sickest joke i know
listen up man, i'll tell you who i am
just another stupid american
you don't wanna listen
you don't wanna understand
so finish up your drink and go home
i come from the land of ben franklin
Twain and Poe and Walt whitman
otis redding, ellington
the country that i love
but it's a land of the slaves and the ku klux klan
haymarket riot and the great depression
don't get caught in vietnam
the sickest joke i know
i'm proud and ashamed
every fourth of july
you got to know the truth
before you say that you got pride
Now the cops got tanks 'cause the kids got guns
shrinks pushin' pills on everyone
cancer from the ocean
cancer from the sun
straight to hell we go
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Readable chord sheet for 'Merican by The Descendents
[Am]we flipped our fi[C]nger to the k[G]ing of engl[Am]and [F]stole our cou[C]ntry from t[G]he india[Am]ns [Am]with god at our si[G]de and gu[F]ns in our h[Am]ands [F]we took it for our o[E7]wn a nation dedicated to liberty justice and equality doesn't look that way to you it doesn't look that way to me the sickest joke i know [C]listen up ma[G]n, i'll te[F]ll you who i a[Am]m just another stupid american you don't wanna listen you don't wanna understand [F]so finish up your [E]drink and go [Am]home i come from the land of ben franklin Twain and Poe and Walt whitman otis redding, ellington the country that i love but it's a land of the slaves and the ku klux klan haymarket riot and the great depression don't get caught in vietnam the sickest joke i know [F]i'm proud and as[E]hamed every fourth of ju[Am]ly [B]you got to know the truth before y[E]ou say that you got pride Now the cops got tanks 'cause the kids got guns shrinks pushin' pills on everyone cancer from the ocean cancer from the sun straight to hell we go