I Am Not American

	  		

Intro: A  E   A B A 

verse 1: 

E    A    E 
I am not American, 
         A              E 
Though I live in North America 
         A       B    E 
Which is part of the Americas 
             A           B 
Which should make me an American 

verse 2: (Same chords as verse 1) 

Geographically Canadians, 
Are certainly Americans 
As are Venezuelans, 
But not Hawaiians 


        A                        E 
They're out in the middle of the Ocean 
A             B            E 
Just like the U.S. Virgin Islands, 
    A                              G#m C#m 
Who really shouldn't say they are Americans, 
F#      B 
Or even virgins 



verse 3: 

E       A         E 
How did two whole continents, 
           A               E 
Lose their name to one constituent? 
A                      G#m  C#m 
Where were we when the U.S. went, 
    F#                      B 
And took the word American away? 

verse 4: 

But to be fair to them, 
Their other name options, 
Like U.S.A.ers or United Statesians, 
Were pretty bad 

Chorus 2 

Still I want to be as American, 
As the French are European, 
Or those in Antarctica are Antarctican 
Even if they're just penguins 

Verse 5: (Same as verse 3) 
That leaves us Canadians  
As Northern North Americans, 
But Alaska's Norther curse them 
                              (C#sus) C# 
We're surrounded by Americans. Americans! 

Verse 6: 

       F#               B      F# 
I just called those U.S.A.ers Americans 
  B                             F# 
A name meant for two continents not just them 
    B    C#          Bbm Ebm  
For if I said I was American, 
G#                                      C# 
People would probably think I came from Maine 


B      C#        F#    
Still I think I have a plan, 
B      C#        F# 
Let's become Antarctican, 
B        C#      Bbm    Ebm 
And join up with the penguins 
G#            C#          B    C#  F#  B F# 
For just like them, we're not American!