Descendents
Merican
Cool To Be You
2004 Fat Wreck Chords
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: C

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Am - x02210
F -  133211
C -  x32010
G -  320003
Dm - xx0231
Em - 022000
E -  022100
B -  x24442


Intro: Am(hold)


Verse 1:
   Am          C
We flipped our finger
       G       Am
to the king of england
    Am       C
We Stole our country from
    G   Am       Em
the indians With god on
    Dm       F
our side and guns in our
Am       F
hands We took it for our
B     Am         C
own A nation dedicated to
G    Am Am      C    G    Am
liberty Justice and equality
        Em               Dm
Doesn't look that way to you
           F
It doesn't look that way to
Am     F              B
me The sickest joke i know


Chorus 1:
C         G
Listen up man i'll
         F     Am
tell you who i am
C             G
Just another stupid
 F   Am  C
american You don't
      G
wanna listen You
      F           Am
don't wanna understand
   F
So finish up your
E            Am
drink and go home


Verse 2:
  Am            C
I come from the land
   G        Am
of Ben Franklin
Am        C       G
Twain and Poe and Walt
    Am  Em   Dm
Whitman Otis Redding
G     Am      F
Ellington The country
       B
that I love But it's a
Am           C
land of the slaves and
    G       Am   Am
the ku klux klan Haymarket
C            G           Am
riot and the great depression
Em    Dm     F   Am
Joe McCarthy Vietnam
    F              B
The sickest joke i know


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:
    F          B
I'm proud and ashamed
      Am
Every fourth of july
    B
You got to know the
                 G
truth Before you say
that you got pride


Guitar Solo:
Am-C-G-Am-F-C-G-Am-
C-G-F-Am-F-E-


Verse 3:
        Am
Now the cops got tanks
cause the kids got guns
Shrinks pushing pills
on everyone Cancer from
the ocean cancer from
         F
the sun Straight
to Hell we go


Chorus 2:
C         G
Listen up man i'll
         F     Am
tell you who i am
C             G
Just another stupid
 F   Am  C
american You don't
      G
wanna listen You
      F           Am
don't wanna understand
   F
So finish up your
E
drink and go home
C         G
Listen up man i'll
         F     Am
tell you who i am
C             G
Just another stupid
 F   Am  C
american You don't
      G
wanna listen You
      F           Am
don't wanna understand
   F
So finish up your
E            Am
drink and go home
   F
So finish up your
E            Am(hold)
drink and go home