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Verse 1:
C B
There's a new generation of poor
G
Faces clean and their eyes are pure
B G C
Empty stomachs but their mouths are full oh
B Em C B Em C
American proud, American poor
Verse 2:
B Em C
Send you a free book every year
B Em C
Discount for your diagnosis, Dear
B Em C
Give you pills to take away your fears
B Em
American poor, American here
Chorus:
D C G
Left my innocence in the sea
D Em
With all things that I made believe
B C
Shadow thing, it's just me
D C B
Make believe, make believe
Instumental:
Em C B Em C
Verse 3:
B Em C
People are working silently
B Em C
Sweatin' in their own salty sea
B Em C
Now they're setting fire out in the streets
B Em
American proud, American poor
Chorus:
D C G
Left my innocence in the sea
D Em
With all things that I made believe
B C
Shadow thing, and it's just me
D C B Em
Make believe, make believe
Instrumental:
Em C B Em B
Verse 4:
B Em
There can be no greater thing
C G
Than to love a stranger
B Em C
Can be no greater thing
B Em C
American proud, American poor
Verse 5:
B Em C
Treat the people who serve us like sh*t
B Em C
There's nothing would ever really come of it
B Em C
It's fair if you say it's fair. It ain't me so it's not there
B Em
American proud, American poor
Chorus:
D C G
Left my innocence in the sea
D Em G
With all things that I made believe
B C
Shadow thing, and it's just me
D C B Em
Make believe, make believe
Outro:
C B Em C B
Song History
Last Updated: October 3, 2018