(solo)
3 3 3 -4 -4 -4 5 5 5 -5 5 4  (5X)
3 3 3 -4 -4 -4 5 5 5 6

3                    -4
I don't need to be a global citizen
5                    -5
because I'm blessed by nationality
3                -4   
I'm a member of a growing populace
5              -5       
we enforced our popularity
3                       -4        
there are things that seem to pull us under and
5                  -5
there are things that drag us down
3                   -4
but there's a power and a vital presence
   5             6
that's lurking all around


(REFRÃO)

3       -4        5       -5
we've got the american jesus
3         -4      5    -5
see him on the interstate
3       -4       5        6
we've got the american jesus
-5              -4                  -3
he helped build the president's estate


(solo)

3                    -4         
I feel sorry for the earth's population
5                  -5
'cuz so few live in the u.s.a.
3                       -4
at least the foreigners can copy our morality
5                  -5
they can visit but they cannot stay
3                   -4
only precious few can garner our prosperity
5                  -5
it makes us walk with renewed confidence
3                  -4
we've got a place to go when we diez
5                   6 
and the architecht resides right here


(Refrão)

3       -4        5         -5
we've got the american jesus
3       -4        5          -5
postering the ...(?)...
3       -4         5         -5
we've got the american jesus
3         -4         5          -5
overwhelming millions every day

(solo)

3                -4
he's the farmer's barren fields
5              -5
the force the army wields
3                            -4
the expression in the faces of the starving millions
5          -5
the power of the man
3                 -4
he's the fuel that drives the clan
5                       -5 
he's the motive and the conscience of the murderer
3           -4
he's the preacher on tv
5          -5
the false sincerity
3                           -4
the form letter that's written by the big computers
5           -5
he's the nuclear bombs
3              -4
and the kids with no moms
5                 -5
and I'm fearful that he's inside me


(REFRÃO)

3       -4        5       -5
we've got the american jesus
3         -4      5    -5
see him on the interstate
3       -4       5        6
we've got the american jesus
-5              -4                  -3
he helped build the president's estate

(solo)