American Hearts

Intro: G

           C/G      G
we were raised by wolves
    C/G            F
and we are still wild
                     Am            
and we howl when the troubled wind 
G
blows
            C/G        G
and in the tv's blue light
      C/G            F
(Oh) assassins will lie
                Am         G
if we will just going down slow

Chorus:
    F             Am
so don't tread on me
    G         C/G
for i am your brother
       F           Am        G
i was born with an american heart

    F              Am
and don't tread on her
     G          C/G
for she is your sister
        F            Am       G
she was born with an american heart

             C/G       G
and all the people you meet
C/G         F
down in the streets
        F            Am          
may be good but they don't wanna 
G
know
        C           G
so they cover their eyes
     C              F
for who wants to be sad
                     Am            
life is sweet at the bottom of the 
G
sea

Chorus:
    F             Am
so don't tread on me
    G         C/G
for i am your brother
       F           Am        G
i was born with an american heart

    F              Am
and don't tread on her
     G          C/G
for she is your sister
        F            Am       G
she was born with an american heart


Solo Gaita: ( C/G G C/G F Am G )

        C/G            G
and the mothers will cry
        C/G         F
fathers stay up all night
                    Am         
with the worry that goes to the 
 G
bones
            C/G       G
and if your god makes war
        C/G          F
then he's no god i know
                       Am          
cause christ would not send boys to
 G
 die

Chorus:
    F             Am
so don't tread on me
    G         C/G
for i am your brother
       F           Am        G
i was born with an american heart

    F              Am
and don't tread on her
     G          C/G
for she is your sister
        F            Am       G
she was born with an american heart

          C/G        G
don't you get low as hell
         C/G           F
when the peace dove is filled
                  Am          G
By a man with the blackest of minds
    C/G        G
and above the den
        C/G         F
let the sighing begin
                       Am        G
as we're bound for the longest of 
days


Chorus:
    F             Am
so don't tread on me
    G         C/G
for i am your brother
       F           Am        G
i was born with an american heart

    F              Am
and don't tread on her
     G          C/G
for she is your sister
        F            Am       G
she was born with an american heart

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