Tonalidad: D major
Verse 1
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Fm
I was raised on a Jesus, who was white and prestigious,
Cm
Eb
said he never would leave our little country behind
Fm
Said the pledge of allegiance, said I’d never smoke weed,
Eb
and that my bible I’d read it when I couldn’t decide
Fm
But the sermons were telling me, Hell was a felony,
Eb
and Heaven’s the guilty plea that keeps me alive
Fm
So my friend went and shot himself, the Jesus he asked for help,
Eb
was probably somewhere else said, "Son get in line"
Fm
Ab
Eb
Verse 2
Ab
Eb
Cm
Eb
Oh lord can you hear it
Fm
The American spirit?
Ab
I don’t wanna go near it
Eb
You can smoke one outside
Verse 3
Eb
You can try to veneer it
Fm
The American spirit
Ab
Oh but something will smear it
Eb
Just you give it some time
Verse 4
Eb
Fm
I was born in a city, built on homes of the Cherokee,
Ab
Eb
and named after Muskogean words to describe
Fm
We hijack the narrative, say that it’s heritage,
Eb
tell them how good it is that history’s White
Fm
Leave out the stolen land, re place it with Dixieland,
Ab
Eb
and everyone claps their hands and sings its delight
Fm
You can face it or just forget, I ask for a cigarette,
Ab
Eb
you hand me the silhouette smoking a pipe
Bb
Ab
Eb
Verse 5
Ab
Eb
Oh lord can you hear it
Fm
The American spirit?
Ab
I don’t wanna go near it
Eb
You can smoke one outside
Verse 6
Eb
You can try to veneer it
Fm
The American spirit
Ab
Oh but something will smear it
Eb
Ab
Just you give it some time
Interlude 1
Cm
Eb
Ab
Bb
Ab
Cm
Eb
Ab
Bb
Verse 7
Eb
Ab
Eb
Cm
I believed in a master plan, the natural good in man,
Ab
Eb
eventually shows its hand and takes home the pot
Fm
But I’m holding my hopes within, get fooled once get fooled again,
Ab
Eb
you’re bleeding American for something it’s not
Ab
Verse 8
Eb
Oh lord can you hear it
Fm
The American spirit?
Ab
I don’t wanna go near it
Eb
You can smoke one outside
Verse 9
Eb
You can try to veneer it
Fm
The American spirit
Ab
Oh but something will smear it
Eb
Just you give it some time
Verse 10
Eb
You can try to steer it
Fm
The American spirit
Ab
Oh, but something commandeers it
Eb
Like the wind in the pines
Verse 11
Eb
You can face it or just forget
Fm
I ask for a cigarette
Ab
You hand me a silhouette
Eb
Smoking a pipe
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