Key: D
Introduction: G
C/G G
we were raised by wolves
C/G F
and we are still wild
Am G
and we howl when the troubled wind blows
C/G G
and in the tv's blue light
C/G F
(Oh) assassins will lie
Am G
if we will just going down slow
F Am
so don't tread on me
G C/G
for i am your brother
F Am G
i was born with an american heart
F Am
and don't tread on her
G C/G
for she is your sister
F Am G
she was born with an american heart
C/G G
and all the people you meet
C/G F
down in the streets
F Am G
may be good but they don't wanna know
C G
so they cover their eyes
C F
for who wants to be sad
Am G
life is sweet at the bottom of the sea
F Am
so don't tread on me
G C/G
for i am your brother
F Am G
i was born with an american heart
F Am
and don't tread on her
G C/G
for she is your sister
F Am G
she was born with an american heart
C/G G
and the mothers will cry
C/G F
fathers stay up all night
Am G
with the worry that goes to the bones
C/G G
and if your god makes war
C/G F
then he's no god i know
Am G
cause christ would not send boys to die
F Am
so don't tread on me
G C/G
for i am your brother
F Am G
i was born with an american heart
F Am
and don't tread on her
G C/G
for she is your sister
F Am G
she was born with an american heart
C/G G
don't you get low as hell
C/G F
when the peace dove is filled
Am G
By a man with the blackest of minds
C/G G
and above the den
C/G F
let the sighing begin
Am G
as we're bound for the longest of days
F Am
so don't tread on me
G C/G
for i am your brother
F Am G
i was born with an american heart
F Am
and don't tread on her
G C/G
for she is your sister
F Am G
she was born with an american heart
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