key: D
Strum Slowly 
 
  D                    A 
American girls, and American guys, 
 
  Bm                                            F#m 
Will always stand up and salute, will always reqignize. 
 
 G                              D 
When we see ol' glory flyin', there's alota men dead. 
 
            A 
So we could sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head. 
 
 
(Distortion) 
 
        D                      A 
My daddy served in the army, where he lost his right eye, 
 
       Bm                               F#m 
But he flew a flag out in our yard till the day that he died. 
 
    G                               D 
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me, 
 
  A 
To grow up and live happy on the land of the free. 
 
Now this nation that I love has fallen under attack, 
A mighty sucker punch came flyin' in from somewhere in the back. 
Soon as we could see clearly, through our big black eye. 
Man we lit up your world like the 4th of July. 
 
      G                             A 
Hey Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of his list 
 
          D                         Bm 
And the statue of liberty started shakin' her fist 
 
     G                        A 
And the eagle will fly, there's gonna be hell 
 
         D                          B 
When you hear mother freedom start ringin' her bell 
 
 G                                 A                         D 
And it seems like the whole wide world is rainin' down on you. 
 
 G                 A                               D 
Brought to you courtesy, of the red, white and blue. 
 
 
(I'm not sure on the lead yet.) 
 
 
  D                           A 
Justice will be seved and the battle will rage 
 
      Bm                           F#m 
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage 
 
    G                                   D 
You'll be sorry that you messed with, the u..s....of a..a...a..a 
 
                   A 
Cause we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.