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American chords by The Max Levine Ensemble

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramFF
 i was born in 1984.
     Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramC majorC
post vietnam, and then post cold war,
                   Chord diagramFF
in a world that my parents worked hard for,
Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramG+G
i grew up safely and secure,
Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramFF
 which all in all, was a cause to celebrate.
         Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramG+G
we said "mess with us, and you must be crazy,
Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramFF
got my money on the dream team, baby!
Chord diagramA minorAm                        Chord diagramG+G
we take gold and it comes easy."
Chorus:
Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramG+G
 and the sentiment was raised in me.
Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramFF
 to know proudly, unmistakably
Chord diagramA minorAm
who i am...
            Chord diagramG+G
and where i stand…
     Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G
american.
     Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G
american.


Verse:
          Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramFF
but given time, found myself questioning
                Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramG+G
a country i saw biding time in a confrontation
Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramFF
guess i never really saw this place as
Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramG+G
fighting wars of speculation.
             Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramFF
but i didn't see how our nation's history
                Chord diagramA minorAm
was not fully revealed to me.
     Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramA minorAm
no i didn't see how our "invincibility" was naive,
                       Chord diagramG+G
like our power, “guaranteed.”
Chorus:
Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramG+G
and the questions raised up out from me,
Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramFF
in the company of a fading dream,
        Chord diagramA minorAm
i asked who am i?
                 Chord diagramG+G
and for what do i stand?
     Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G
american
     Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G
american.


Bridge:
Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramFF

Chord diagramC majorC
growing up i had a grasp on the concept
Chord diagramC majorC
of "war" as a thing from the past
    Chord diagramFF
that held a place in our history
Chord diagramFF
but never really could apply to me
  Chord diagramA minorAm
a decade passed yeah engaged in conflict
Chord diagramA minorAm
a generation came of age under it
Chord diagramFF
raised in fear and uncertainty
Chord diagramFF
but that was never how it felt to me cause
    Chord diagramC majorC
the first gulf war in my dim recollection
Chord diagramC majorC
was a time we cheered in celebration
Chord diagramFF
at parades that they held for the troops then
Chord diagramFF
though i never even knew what happened,
Chord diagramA minorAm
bosnia broadcast on tv,
    Chord diagramA minorAm
the berlin wall, in my memory,
Chord diagramFF
crumbled beneath our undying belief,
Chord diagramFF
in this, the empire of liberty yeah.

Chord diagramC majorC
i was a child brought up in contradiction
Chord diagramC majorC
i never held these events to be questioned
Chord diagramFF
but the years wore at my confidence
Chord diagramFF
and with time it started making sense:
  Chord diagramA minorAm
rejection faced internationally,
Chord diagramA minorAm
it’s all part of the backlash baby
Chord diagramFF
look inside, tell me what you see,
Chord diagramFF
can you tell me now what it means to be
 Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G
american?
     Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G
american
     Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G
american


Outro:
Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramFF Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC
     Chord diagramC majorC

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