Americans
©2004 Garrett Clevenger

A C D D C A    All of us are blue, oh, so blue.
A C D D C E     Like a midday clear sky’s hue, where the eagle has a view
D    C      D A    of another color comin’ through.

A C D D C A    All of us are red, oh, so red.
A C D D C E    Like the blood of a soldier dead, bleedin’ so freeedom would spread.
D     C     D A    Now the USA has bred

Chorus:
E     D         Americans, red and blue.
A     D  E    Our blood binds me to you.
E     D         Americans, yes, it’s true,
C     D  A    we’ve all bled red, we’ve all been blue.

A C D D C A    Washington was first to lead this land
A C D D C E    where Americans were never of one brand.
D     C     D A    There always were competing demands.

A C D D C A    200 years have made us no where near the same
A C D D C E    except we still complain about the country’s aim
D     C     D A    and power still corrupts our nation’s name.

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A C D D C A    As daytime turns to night, we all feel fright.
A C D D C E    People black and white. People left and right.
D     C     D A    Our differences sometimes make us fight.

A C D D C A    When the light shines through, the eagle’s wings spread, too.
A C D D C E    Red will marry blue and bare a purple human
D     C     D A    or the red blood spilt will keep us feeling blue.

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C     D     A    We all bleed red. We’ve all been blue.
C     D     A    We’ve all seen red. We’ve all been blue.
C     D     A    We all are red, black and blue.
C     D     A    We all are red, brown and blue.
C     D     A    We all are red, grey and blue.
C     D     A    We all are red, white and blue.
C     D     A    We all are Americans, too.