The American Way Chords by Sacred Reich
Tempo:
74.125 bpm
Chords used:
E
Bb
A
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[E]
Who's there?
I'm a paving boy.
Bought to fix it, surely die.
Oh, no, see, it's time has passed.
Time for life is here at last.
Soon [Bb] there's hope for so [A] many.
Here we come, don't be [E] so fast.
[Bb] Take them, [A] take them, take all the country I've [E] ever loved.
Talk to the children, hear them say,
Daddy, let me get to them.
For others, hands have found new lives.
Future looks before our eyes.
The snow [Bb] is on the pile [A] of pots.
They're wrapping up the blanket [E] out.
As [Bb] the rain fell [A] today,
they've made the worst of [E] us away.
[B] This is us, a [N] life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
In the midst of horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help ourselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
[Em] They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American [E] way.
On the past on TV.
All of us are what we see.
We listen to our lives.
What we want is what we buy.
But [Bb] our enemies are [A] out of whack.
Who is this that's [E] got my back?
[Bb] Doesn't it [A] make you cry?
[G] True love, love's the [E] way we pay.
[C] This is us, a life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
[B] In the midst of [Em] horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help themselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American [E] way.
[Em]
[E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E] [Em] [Bb] [A]
[G] [Em] [Bb] [A]
[Em] [E] Don't live through your with disgust.
Blackness, all that's left to trust.
Is this happening?
Is this real?
My body and my mind cannot feel.
[Bb] Are you happy?
[A] Are you sad?
I'm questioning [E] the past.
I [Bb] have no tears, I [A] cannot cry.
No one wants a [E] woman's died.
This [Em] is us, a life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
In the midst of horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help themselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American way.
[C]
[E]
Who's there?
I'm a paving boy.
Bought to fix it, surely die.
Oh, no, see, it's time has passed.
Time for life is here at last.
Soon [Bb] there's hope for so [A] many.
Here we come, don't be [E] so fast.
[Bb] Take them, [A] take them, take all the country I've [E] ever loved.
Talk to the children, hear them say,
Daddy, let me get to them.
For others, hands have found new lives.
Future looks before our eyes.
The snow [Bb] is on the pile [A] of pots.
They're wrapping up the blanket [E] out.
As [Bb] the rain fell [A] today,
they've made the worst of [E] us away.
[B] This is us, a [N] life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
In the midst of horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help ourselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
[Em] They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American [E] way.
On the past on TV.
All of us are what we see.
We listen to our lives.
What we want is what we buy.
But [Bb] our enemies are [A] out of whack.
Who is this that's [E] got my back?
[Bb] Doesn't it [A] make you cry?
[G] True love, love's the [E] way we pay.
[C] This is us, a life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
[B] In the midst of [Em] horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help themselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American [E] way.
[Em]
[E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [E] [Em] [Bb] [A]
[G] [Em] [Bb] [A]
[Em] [E] Don't live through your with disgust.
Blackness, all that's left to trust.
Is this happening?
Is this real?
My body and my mind cannot feel.
[Bb] Are you happy?
[A] Are you sad?
I'm questioning [E] the past.
I [Bb] have no tears, I [A] cannot cry.
No one wants a [E] woman's died.
This [Em] is us, a life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
In the midst of horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help themselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American way.
[C]
Key:
E
Bb
A
Em
G
E
Bb
A
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Who's there?
I'm a paving boy.
Bought to fix it, surely die.
Oh, no, see, it's time has passed.
Time for life is here at last.
Soon [Bb] there's hope for so [A] many.
Here we come, don't be [E] so fast.
_ _ _ [Bb] Take them, [A] take them, take all the country I've [E] ever loved.
_ Talk to the children, hear them say,
Daddy, let me get to them.
For others, hands have found new lives.
Future looks before our eyes.
The snow [Bb] is on the pile [A] of pots.
They're wrapping up the blanket [E] out.
_ _ As [Bb] the rain fell [A] today,
they've made the worst of [E] us away.
_ _ [B] This is us, a [N] life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
In the midst of horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help ourselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
[Em] They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American [E] way. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ On the past on TV.
All of us are what we see.
We listen to our lives.
What we want is what we buy.
But [Bb] our enemies are [A] out of whack.
Who is this that's [E] got my back?
_ _ _ [Bb] Doesn't it [A] make you cry?
[G] True love, love's the [E] way we pay.
_ _ [C] This is us, a life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
[B] In the midst of [Em] horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help themselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American [E] way. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ [Em] _ [Bb] _ [A] _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] Don't live through your with disgust.
Blackness, all that's left to trust.
Is this happening?
Is this real?
My body and my mind cannot feel.
[Bb] Are you happy?
[A] Are you sad?
I'm questioning [E] the past.
_ _ I [Bb] have no tears, I [A] cannot cry.
No one wants a [E] woman's died.
_ _ This [Em] is us, a life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
In the midst of horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help themselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American way.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Who's there?
I'm a paving boy.
Bought to fix it, surely die.
Oh, no, see, it's time has passed.
Time for life is here at last.
Soon [Bb] there's hope for so [A] many.
Here we come, don't be [E] so fast.
_ _ _ [Bb] Take them, [A] take them, take all the country I've [E] ever loved.
_ Talk to the children, hear them say,
Daddy, let me get to them.
For others, hands have found new lives.
Future looks before our eyes.
The snow [Bb] is on the pile [A] of pots.
They're wrapping up the blanket [E] out.
_ _ As [Bb] the rain fell [A] today,
they've made the worst of [E] us away.
_ _ [B] This is us, a [N] life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
In the midst of horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help ourselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
[Em] They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American [E] way. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ On the past on TV.
All of us are what we see.
We listen to our lives.
What we want is what we buy.
But [Bb] our enemies are [A] out of whack.
Who is this that's [E] got my back?
_ _ _ [Bb] Doesn't it [A] make you cry?
[G] True love, love's the [E] way we pay.
_ _ [C] This is us, a life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
[B] In the midst of [Em] horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help themselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American [E] way. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ [Em] _ [Bb] _ [A] _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] Don't live through your with disgust.
Blackness, all that's left to trust.
Is this happening?
Is this real?
My body and my mind cannot feel.
[Bb] Are you happy?
[A] Are you sad?
I'm questioning [E] the past.
_ _ I [Bb] have no tears, I [A] cannot cry.
No one wants a [E] woman's died.
_ _ This [Em] is us, a life of dreams.
God, as she said, true to three.
In the midst of horrors,
on the ball,
all up to help themselves.
Capitalism, a prophecy.
Why no one's seen the greatest three?
They didn't leave it in us away.
They're marching on the streets.
The American way.
[C] _ _