Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
C majorC BB
There's a new generation of poor
G+G
Faces clean and their eyes are pure
BB G+G C majorC
Empty stomachs but their mouths are full oh
BB E minorEm C majorC BB E minorEm C majorC
American proud, American poor
Verse 2:
BB E minorEm C majorC
Send you a free book every year
BB E minorEm C majorC
Discount for your diagnosis, Dear
BB E minorEm C majorC
Give you pills to take away your fears
BB E minorEm
American poor, American here
Chorus:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Left my innocence in the sea
D MajorD E minorEm
With all things that I made believe
BB C majorC
Shadow thing, it's just me
D MajorD C majorC BB
Make believe, make believe
Instumental:
E minorEm C majorC BB E minorEm C majorC
Verse 3:
BB E minorEm C majorC
People are working silently
BB E minorEm C majorC
Sweatin' in their own salty sea
BB E minorEm C majorC
Now they're setting fire out in the streets
BB E minorEm
American proud, American poor
Chorus:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Left my innocence in the sea
D MajorD E minorEm
With all things that I made believe
BB C majorC
Shadow thing, and it's just me
D MajorD C majorC BB E minorEm
Make believe, make believe
Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC BB E minorEm BB
Verse 4:
BB E minorEm
There can be no greater thing
C majorC G+G
Than to love a stranger
BB E minorEm C majorC
Can be no greater thing
BB E minorEm C majorC
American proud, American poor
Verse 5:
BB E minorEm C majorC
Treat the people who serve us like sh*t
BB E minorEm C majorC
There's nothing would ever really come of it
BB E minorEm C majorC
It's fair if you say it's fair. It ain't me so it's not there
BB E minorEm
American proud, American poor
Chorus:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Left my innocence in the sea
D MajorD E minorEm G+G
With all things that I made believe
BB C majorC
Shadow thing, and it's just me
D MajorD C majorC BB E minorEm
Make believe, make believe
Outro:
C majorC BB E minorEm C majorC BB