Chords for U.S. History
Tempo:
116.35 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
D
A
Dm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [D]
[Bb]
[D]
[Bb] [D]
I'ma be king.
Opened his cells like this, that's how the story began.
and claim it as mine.
-grandmother Africa was blind and disabled.
[Bb]
[D]
[Bb] [D]
I'ma be king.
Opened his cells like this, that's how the story began.
and claim it as mine.
-grandmother Africa was blind and disabled.
100% ➙ 116BPM
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D]
I'ma be king.
I was locked up in jail when he got the new man.
Opened his cells like this, that's how the story began.
First mission was to clear it out and claim it as mine.
Indigenous people were peaceful, [E] it took no time.
Great-grandmother Africa was blind and disabled.
Some [Bb] traitors we [D] played, divide and conquer, invaded.
Sold the children into slavery and profited quick.
[Bb] Started making side deals [D] and that's how I got rich.
Daddy Britain found out and tried to put me in check.
[Bb] He don't understand I'm a man and I deserve some respect.
Try to bring it to me but I play for keeps and I run.
Feel my daddy but you [D] ain't the only man with a gun.
More money, more problems.
Little brother is wild, [Bb] they call him the South.
He [A] country with a big-ass mouth.
[Dm] Try to show him new business but he don't wanna change.
[Bb] Love him but I knew eventually I'd blow [Dm] out his brains.
I'm a-
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] You know God [D] bless America.
_ _ [Bb] You know, [A] you know God bless [Dm] America. _
_ [Bb] You know, you [A] know God [Dm] bless _ -
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Me and my daddy still cool and my uncles is with us.
France, Russia, and Italy and we all killers.
This nigga named Germany, the side of control.
Put him in Japan and Turkey and them niggas is bold.
Started fucking with my uncles and we all went to war.
Uncle France damn near died at the tip of his sword.
When the smoke cleared, we won.
Let him retreat.
Should've killed him cause they knew they had us close to defeat.
Kicked it off again 20 years later.
It was [Bb] on this time my uncle Italy traded and he was gone.
I was neutral when Japan hit me.
Guess that he knew I ain't gonna let my family [A] fight without me jumping in too.
Would've lost if I didn't hit Germany's weapon supply.
[Bb]
Kamikaze Japanese [D] was always ready to die.
Pop a tomic bomb, let them niggas know that it's real.
[Bb] Speak soft with a big snake, do [C] what I say and be [Dm] killed.
I'm American.
_ _ _ [Bb] You know, [A] you know God [Dm] bless America.
_ [D] _ [Bb] You know, [A] you know God bless [Dm]-
You _ _ [Bb] know, you [A] know God [Dm] bless-
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] I'm racing with my uncle Russia.
We the ones with the [Bb] guns.
He supported the north so I rode with South Vietnam.
[D] Thought it would be easy, but almost 60,000 died.
They was harder than Korea, so we ran for our [D] lives.
It's a family called the Middle East and they got dead.
[Bb] Selling oil, they don't put me in and off of they head.
Got a nephew named Israel that's right in the middle.
[Bb] Pay his allowance as long [D] as he could dance in my filly.
Got a brother named Iraq, gave him weapons and money.
[Bb] Niggas start getting power [D] and he start acting funny.
Saudi Arabia's cool, got a son, bin Laden.
I was training his soldiers to [D] go against the Russians and stop him.
Then he tried to say I need to take my soldiers and gut.
[Bb]
Gave him the finger, that's when [D] he flipped and blew my shit up.
I took it to him and then I took it back to Iraq.
[Bb] And if you ain't my blood brother, you gonna be flat on your [D] back.
Sons of Africa just invented this shit called rap.
Telling my secrets, that's why I'm putting they hands on plaque.
Built a empire quick and it might not last,
but I bet I go down in history as the one that smashed.
I'm American.
[Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] You know, you know God bless [Dm] America.
_ _ You [Bb] know, [A] you know God bless [Dm] America.
_ _ [Bb] You know, [A] you know God [Dm] bless. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ My father's name is written.
[Bb] My [A]
father's name is [D] written.
My father's name is [Bb] written.
My _ [A] father's name is written.
[D] The red, the white, the red, the white, the blue.
[Bb] The red, the white, the [A] red, the white, the [Dm] blue.
The red, the white, the red, the white, the blue.
[Bb] The red, the [C] white, the red, the white, the blue.
[D] The red, the white, the red, the white, the [Bb] blue.
The red, the white, [A] the red, the white, the blue.
[Dm] The red, the white, the red, the white, the blue.
[Bb] The red, the white, the [A] red, the white, the [Dm] blue.
The red, the white, the red, the white, the blue.
[Bb] The red, the white, [A] the red, the white, the blue.
[Dm] The red, the white, the red, the white, the [Bb] blue.
The red, the white, [C] the red, the white, the blue.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D]
I'ma be king.
I was locked up in jail when he got the new man.
Opened his cells like this, that's how the story began.
First mission was to clear it out and claim it as mine.
Indigenous people were peaceful, [E] it took no time.
Great-grandmother Africa was blind and disabled.
Some [Bb] traitors we [D] played, divide and conquer, invaded.
Sold the children into slavery and profited quick.
[Bb] Started making side deals [D] and that's how I got rich.
Daddy Britain found out and tried to put me in check.
[Bb] He don't understand I'm a man and I deserve some respect.
Try to bring it to me but I play for keeps and I run.
Feel my daddy but you [D] ain't the only man with a gun.
More money, more problems.
Little brother is wild, [Bb] they call him the South.
He [A] country with a big-ass mouth.
[Dm] Try to show him new business but he don't wanna change.
[Bb] Love him but I knew eventually I'd blow [Dm] out his brains.
I'm a-
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] You know God [D] bless America.
_ _ [Bb] You know, [A] you know God bless [Dm] America. _
_ [Bb] You know, you [A] know God [Dm] bless _ -
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Me and my daddy still cool and my uncles is with us.
France, Russia, and Italy and we all killers.
This nigga named Germany, the side of control.
Put him in Japan and Turkey and them niggas is bold.
Started fucking with my uncles and we all went to war.
Uncle France damn near died at the tip of his sword.
When the smoke cleared, we won.
Let him retreat.
Should've killed him cause they knew they had us close to defeat.
Kicked it off again 20 years later.
It was [Bb] on this time my uncle Italy traded and he was gone.
I was neutral when Japan hit me.
Guess that he knew I ain't gonna let my family [A] fight without me jumping in too.
Would've lost if I didn't hit Germany's weapon supply.
[Bb]
Kamikaze Japanese [D] was always ready to die.
Pop a tomic bomb, let them niggas know that it's real.
[Bb] Speak soft with a big snake, do [C] what I say and be [Dm] killed.
I'm American.
_ _ _ [Bb] You know, [A] you know God [Dm] bless America.
_ [D] _ [Bb] You know, [A] you know God bless [Dm]-
You _ _ [Bb] know, you [A] know God [Dm] bless-
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] I'm racing with my uncle Russia.
We the ones with the [Bb] guns.
He supported the north so I rode with South Vietnam.
[D] Thought it would be easy, but almost 60,000 died.
They was harder than Korea, so we ran for our [D] lives.
It's a family called the Middle East and they got dead.
[Bb] Selling oil, they don't put me in and off of they head.
Got a nephew named Israel that's right in the middle.
[Bb] Pay his allowance as long [D] as he could dance in my filly.
Got a brother named Iraq, gave him weapons and money.
[Bb] Niggas start getting power [D] and he start acting funny.
Saudi Arabia's cool, got a son, bin Laden.
I was training his soldiers to [D] go against the Russians and stop him.
Then he tried to say I need to take my soldiers and gut.
[Bb]
Gave him the finger, that's when [D] he flipped and blew my shit up.
I took it to him and then I took it back to Iraq.
[Bb] And if you ain't my blood brother, you gonna be flat on your [D] back.
Sons of Africa just invented this shit called rap.
Telling my secrets, that's why I'm putting they hands on plaque.
Built a empire quick and it might not last,
but I bet I go down in history as the one that smashed.
I'm American.
[Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] You know, you know God bless [Dm] America.
_ _ You [Bb] know, [A] you know God bless [Dm] America.
_ _ [Bb] You know, [A] you know God [Dm] bless. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ My father's name is written.
[Bb] My [A]
father's name is [D] written.
My father's name is [Bb] written.
My _ [A] father's name is written.
[D] The red, the white, the red, the white, the blue.
[Bb] The red, the white, the [A] red, the white, the [Dm] blue.
The red, the white, the red, the white, the blue.
[Bb] The red, the [C] white, the red, the white, the blue.
[D] The red, the white, the red, the white, the [Bb] blue.
The red, the white, [A] the red, the white, the blue.
[Dm] The red, the white, the red, the white, the blue.
[Bb] The red, the white, the [A] red, the white, the [Dm] blue.
The red, the white, the red, the white, the blue.
[Bb] The red, the white, [A] the red, the white, the blue.
[Dm] The red, the white, the red, the white, the [Bb] blue.
The red, the white, [C] the red, the white, the blue.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _