Intro: G
C G
we were raised by wolves
C Fmaj7
and we are still wild
Fmaj7 Am G
and we howl when the troubled wind blows
C G
and in the tv's blue light
C Fmaj7
Oh assassins will lie
Fmaj7 Am G
if we will just going down slow
CHORUS:
F Am
so don't tread on me
G C
for i am your brother
Fmaj7 Am G
i was born with an American heart
Fmaj7[/ch Am
and don't tread on her
G C
for she is your sister
Fmaj7 Am G
she was born with an American heart
C G
and all the people you meet
C Fmaj7
down in the streets
Fmaj7 Am G
may be good but they don't wanna know
C G
so they cover their eyes
C Fmaj7
for who wants to be sad
Fmaj7 Am G
life is sweet at the bottom of the sea
CHORUS:
F Am
so don't tread on me
G C
for i am your brother
Fmaj7 Am G
i was born with an American heart
Fmaj7[/ch Am
and don't tread on her
G C
for she is your sister
Fmaj7 Am G
she was born with an American heart
(Verse Progression and Harmonica in A)
C G
and the mothers will cry
C Fmaj7
fathers stay up all night
Fmaj7 Am G
with the worry that goes to the bones
C G
and if your god makes war
C Fmaj7
then he's no god i know
Fmaj7 Am G
cause Christ would not send boys to die
CHORUS:
F Am
so don't tread on me
G C
for i am your brother
Fmaj7 Am G
i was born with an American heart
Fmaj7[/ch Am
and don't tread on her
G C
for she is your sister
Fmaj7 Am G
she was born with an American heart
C G
don't you get low as hell
C Fmaj7
when the peace dove is filled
Fmaj7 Am G
by a man with the blackest of minds
C G
and above the den
C Fmaj7
let the sighing begin
Fmaj7 Am G
as we're bound for the longest of days
CHORUS:
F Am
so don't tread on me
G C
for i am your brother
Fmaj7 Am G
i was born with an American heart
Fmaj7[/ch Am
and don't tread on her
G C
for she is your sister
Fmaj7 Am G
she was born with an American heart
(Verse Progression and Harmonica in A)