Key: A
Introduction: A
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I am not American,
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Though I live in North America
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Which is part of the Americas
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Which should make me an American
verse 2: (Same chords as verse 1)
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They're out in the middle of the Ocean
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Just like the U.S. Virgin Islands,
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G#m
C#m
Who really shouldn't say they are Americans,
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Or even virgins
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How did two whole continents,
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Lose their name to one constituent?
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G#m
C#m
Where were we when the U.S. went,
F#
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And took the word American away?
But to be fair to them,
C#
We're surrounded by Americans. Americans!
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I just called those U.S.A.ers Americans
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F#
A name meant for two continents not just them
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C#
Bbm
Ebm
For if I said I was American,
G#
C#
People would probably think I came from Maine
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C#
F#
Still I think I have a plan,
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C#
F#
Let's become Antarctican,
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C#
Bbm
Ebm
And join up with the penguins
G#
C#
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For just like them, we're not American!