Chords for Jackson Browne - I Am A Patriot

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[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ This song [F#] was written by a good friend of [B] mine.
You [F#] may know him as the _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ long time guitar [B] player in the E Street [F#] Band.
_ You may [B] know him [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] as a member of the [B] soprano crime [F#] family, _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ Silvio [B] Dante. _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] He wrote this.
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] And the river [B] _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] opens for the righteous.
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] And the river [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] opens for the [F#] righteous.
_ [B] Someday [F#] I was walking [B] _ with [F#] my brother.
[B] _ [F#] And he wondered [B] what's on my [C#] _ _ [B] mind.
[F#] I said what I believe in [B] my soul ain't [F#] what I see with [B] my eyes.
[D#m] And we can't turn [B] our backs this [C#]
time.
[B] _ I [F#] am a patriot _ [B] and I [F#] love my country.
[B] Because [F#] my country [B] is what [C#] I know.
[B] _ I want [F#] to be with my family, [B] the people [F#] who understand me.
[B] _ [D#m] I've got nowhere _ [B] _ else [C#] to [B] go.
_ _ _ [F#] And the river [B] opens for the [F#] righteous.
And the river [B] opens [F#] for the righteous. _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
Someday [B] I [F#] was _ talking [B] with [F#] my sister.
[B] She looked [F#] so fine.
I [D#m] said baby what's on your [C#] mind.
She [F#] said [B] I want [F#] to run like a lion.
[B] Wheelies [F#] from the cages.
[B] Wheelies [D#m] from the cages.
[B] Burning in my [C#] heart [B] tonight. _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] And _ _
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[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
I [D#m] ain't no communist.
[B]
But I ain't [D#m] no capitalist.
_ [B]
And [D#m] I ain't no socialist.
_ [B]
But I [D#m] ain't no _ [B] imperialist.
And I [D#m] ain't no democrat.
[B] _
But I ain't [D#m] no republican.
_ [B] _
Only no [D#m] one party.
_ [B] And [D#m] it is freedom.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ I [F#] am a patriot [B] and I love [F#] my country.
[B] _
[F#] Because my country [B] is [C#] all I know.
[B] _ I want to be [F#] with my family, the people who understand [B] me.
_ [D#m]
I've got nowhere _ [B] else [C#m] to [B] go. _ _ _
[F#] And the [B] river opens for the [F#] righteous.
_ [B] And the river opens [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ for the righteous. _ _ _ _ _
_ Someday. _ _ _
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