Born Again American Chords by Various Artists

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[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Just a working man without [Am] a job, _ [F] got shipped off [C] to China [G] via Washington, [C] D.C.
And [F] I know I'm nothing special, [G] there are plenty [Am] more like me, [G] just the same. _
I thought I knew the rules [C] of the game. _ _
Stood up [G] for this country [Am] that I love. _
[F] I came back [C] from the desert [G] to a wife and [C] kids to feed. _
[F] I'm not [C] saying Uncle [G] Sam should give me [Am] what I need, my [G] offer stands.
_ I pulled my weight, you gave me half [C] a chance. _ _ _ _ _
[F] And I went up to a congressman [C] and said to him,
you know, [G] our government is letting [C] people down. _
[F] He said he'd need a lot of [C] help to buck the [Am] status quo.
[D] I said there was a bunch of us [G] around. _ _
[C] I'm a born again American, _ _ _
[F] _ conceived in [C] liberty. _ _ _
[F] _ My Bible [C] and the Bill of Rights.
[Am] _ _
[D] _ My creeds are [G] quality. _ _
[C] I'm a born again American. _ _
[F] _ My country is [E] elite. _ _
[F] And [Fm] everyone [C] who shares [Am] the dream [Dm] from sea [G] to shining [C] sea. _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ My brother's welding chassis [Am] and the plans. _
[F] He's earning what our [C] granddad did [G] in [C] 1948.
[F] While CEOs count [G] bonuses behind the castle [Am] gates.
How can [G] they see _ when all they care about's the door [C] they made?
_ It's getting where [G] there's nowhere [Am] left to turn.
[F] Not since the [C] crash of 29 [G] have things been so [C] unfair.
[F] So many of [C] our citizens [G] are living in [Am] despair.
The [G] time has come to reaffirm that hope's not [C] just for some. _ _
_ _ _ [F] The promise of [C] America's surrendering to greed.
[G] The rulers just look out for [C] number one.
[F] But brace yourself, because some of us [C] have sown a [Am] different seed.
[D] A harvest of the spirit [G] has _ begun.
[C] I'm a [F] born [C] again _ American, [F] _ conceived in [C] liberty.
_ _ _ [F] _ My Bible [C] and the Bill of [Am] _ [D] Rights.
My creeds are [G] quality.
_ [C] I'm a born again American.
_ _ _ [F] _ My country is [E] elite.
_ _ [F] And [Fm] everyone [C] who shares [Am] the dream [Dm] from sea [G] to [C] shining _ sea.
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[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ It's clear my [G] country's soul is [Am] on the line.
_ _ [F] She's hungering [C] for something that [G] she lost [C] along the way.
[F] The principal, [C] the framers [Em] called upon us [Am] to obey that in [G] this land. _ _
People's will must have the upper [C] hand. _ _
_ _ [D] _ [F] I felt the calling once before [C] and took a sacred vow.
[G] And faithful to that vow I have [C] remained.
_ _ [F] I hear the calling once again, [C] my country need [Am] me now.
[D] And to her cause I have been [G] _ [G] reordained.
[C] I'm a born again American.
_ _ [F] _ _ Conceived in [C] liberty.
_ _ [F] _ My Bible and [C] the Bill of [Am] Rights.
_ [D] _ All people living [G] free.
_ [C] I'm a born again American.
_ _ [F] _ My country is [E] elite.
_ _ [F] And everyone [C] who [Am] shares the dream [Dm] from sea [G] to [Am] shining sea.
[F] And from _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ sea [G] to _ [Em] shining [C] _ sea. _
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