American Crisis — Bob Mould

Chords and lyrics for American Crisis by Bob Mould (key of Bm).

Intro

[F#m][B]Argh![B][F#m]
[F#m][B]No![B][F#m]

Verse 1

[F#m]I never thought I'd see this bullshit again
[F#m]To come of age in the '80s was bad enough
[F#m]We were marginalized and demonized
[F#m]I watched a lot of my generation [D]die
[D]Welcome back to "American Crisis"
[D]No telling what the price is

Verse 2

[F#m]Wake up every day to see a nation in flames
We click and we tweet and we spread these tales of blame
[D]Here's the newest American crisis
[Bm]Thanks to the "evangelical ISIS"

Verse 3

[F#m]People suffer in the streets each day
While you take a little change from the offering tray
[D]It's another American crisis
[B]You can see how the lie divide us
[A]World turning darker every day
In a fucked up USA

Bridge

[D]Can you look in the mirror and tell me [B]everything's alright?
[A]This American crisis keeps me [E]wide awake at night

Chorus

[C#]You're one of [D]us[F#]
[C#]Or one of [D]them[F#]
[C#]If you're one of [D]them
[A]Don't come near [B]me again

Bridge

[F#m]Ringing in my head only goes away
[F#m]When I yell all the things that I shouldn't say
[F#m]Ringing in my head never goes away! Argh!

Breakdown

[D]Pro-Life, pro-Life
[B]Until you make it in someone else's wife
[A]You'll be struck down in your house of corruption
[D]Free speech, free speech
[Bm]Got stolen by a pack of thieves
[A]This American Crisis keeps me [E]wide awake at night

Chorus

[C#]You're one of [D]us[F#]
[C#]Or one of [D]them[F#]
[C#]If you're one of [D]them
[A]Don't come near [B]me again

Outro

[F#m]Silence was [B]death
[F#m]Never [B]forget
[F#m]Silence was [B]death
[F#m]Silence...[B]
[B]Huh, huh, huh, huh
[B]Huh, huh, huh...
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