The Avett Brothers - We americans

I ^Ggrew up with reverence for the ^Cred, white, and blue Spoke of ^FGod and liberty, ^Greciting the pledge of ^Callegiance Learned ^Glove of country from my ^Cown family Some ^Fshivered and prayed ^Gapproaching the beaches of ^CNormandy The ^Gflag waves high and that's ^Chow it should be So ^Fmany lives given and ^Gtaken in the name of ^Cfreedom But the ^Gstory's complicated and ^Chard to read ^FPages of the book ^Gobscured or torn out completel^Cy ^G

I am a ^Cson of ^Guncle ^CSam And I ^Cstru^Gggle to ^Funderstand the ^Cgood ^Gand ^Fevil But I'm ^Cdoing the ^Gbest I ^Ccan In a ^Cplace ^Gbuilt on ^Fstolen land with ^Csto^Glen ^Fpeople

^CBlood in the soil with the ^Gcotton and tobacco ^GBlood in the soil with the ^Ccotton and tobacco ^FBlood in the soil with the ^Gcotton and tobacco ^F

A ^Gmisnamed people and a ^Ckidnapped race ^FLaws may change, but we ^Gcan't erase the scars of a ^Cnation Of ^Gchildren devalued and ^Cdisavowed ^FDisplaced by greed and the ^Garrogance of manifest ^Cdestiny ^GShort-sighted to say it was a ^Clong time ago Not ^Feven two life times have ^Gpassed since the days of ^CLincoln The ^Gsins of Andrew Jackson, the ^Fshame of Jim Crow And ^Ftime moves slow when the ^Gtragedies are beyond ^Cdescription ^G

I am a ^Cson of ^Guncle ^CSam And I ^Cstru^Gggle to ^Funderstand the ^Cgood ^Gand ^Fevil But I'm ^Cdoing the ^Gbest I ^Ccan In a ^Cplace ^Gbuilt on ^Fstolen land with ^Csto^Glen ^Fpeople We are ^Ammore ^Gthan the ^Csum of our ^Fparts All these ^Ambroken ^Ghomes and ^Cbroken ^Fhearts God, will you ^Amkeep ^Gus ^Cwherever we ^Fgo? Will you for^Amgive ^Gus for ^Cwhere we've ^Fbeen? We ^GAmericans

^CBlood on the table with the ^Gcoffee and the sugar ^GBlood on the table with the ^Ccoffee and the sugar ^FBlood on the table with the ^Gcoffee and the sugar ^F

I've ^Gbeen to every state and ^Cseen shore to shore The ^Fstill open wounds of the ^GCivil War ^GWatched blind hatred ^Cbounce back and forth ^FSeen vile prejudice ^Gboth in the south and the ^Cnorth And ^Gaccountability is ^Chard to impose On ^Fghosts of ancestors ^Ghaunting the halls of our ^Cconscience But the ^Gpath of grace and good^Cwill is still here For ^Fthose of us who may be ^Gconsidered among the ^Cliving ^{C C/B Am G}

I am a ^Cson of ^GGod and ^Cman And I ^Cmay ^Gnever ^Funderstand the ^Cgood ^Gand ^Fevil But I ^Cdearly ^Glove this ^Cland ^CBecause ^Gof ^Fand in spite of ^CWe ^GThe ^FPeople We are ^Ammore ^Gthan the ^Csum of our ^Fparts All these ^Ambroken ^Gbones and ^Cbroken ^Fhearts God, will you ^Amkeep ^Gus ^Cwherever we ^Fgo? Can you for^Amgive ^Gus for ^Cwhere we've ^Fbeen? We ^GAmericans ^F We ^GAmericans

^CLove in our hearts with the ^Gpain and the memory ^GLove in our hearts with the ^Cpain and the memory ^FLove in our hearts with the ^Cpain and the memory ^GLove ^CLove in our hearts with the ^Gpain and the memory ^GLove in our hearts with the ^Cpain and the memory ^FLove in our hearts with the ^Cpain and the memory ^{G C}Love in our hearts with the ^Gpain and the memory ^GLove in our hearts with the ^Cpain and the memory ^FLove in our hearts with the ^Cpain and the memory ^GLove ^CLove in our hearts with the ^Gpain and the memory ^GLove in our hearts with the ^Cpain and the memory ^FLove in our hearts with the ^Gpain and the memory ^F