Awakening Americans

Alanis Morissette

Tom: D

Ton: E major



E                                A
We watch movies of murder and we censor the breast
E                                A
Give thanks for the murders of Chris Columbus
E                                A
We kill our own and we vote for the man
E                                A
The lesser of evils and us starring in the role of victim


B                            A
I wonder how we change if we can in this land
B                               A
I wonder how many mountains we'd move if we band together
G             D       E
Us priveleged Americans


E                              A
We pass our revisions onto the next generation
E                        A
We kneel to the gods of corporation
E                      A
We eat when we're full and we hord all the rest
E                       A
With our hands on remotes we say "Yes, we're the best!"


B                                 A
I wonder what we'd change in this land cause we can
B                                 A
Even with western centricity this rampant
G       D        E
Us ugly Americans


F#dim           E
Tied are not my hands
F#dim           E
But see strangers and lineaments
F#dim           G
As part of me; as you
            B                E
For me this awakening Canadian


E                           A
We teach our offspring for themselves; every man
E                           A
We shrug our shoulders and create yet another "ism"
E                           A
We dissuade our young from using their imagination
E                           A
We avert our eyes from this Our very own manifestation


B                                 A
I wonder what will change in this land, cause we can
B                                 A
I wonder how many mouths we'd fill if we band together
   G        D         E...
Us awakening Americans


CODA ( GUITAR ): G   D   E... and stop.