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I'm proud to be an American
A D E
I'm proud all the groovy things we've done
D
There's television free religion Rock 'n' roll Standard Oil
A
Times Square Jimmy Darren Corey Wells Smokey Bear
D
Price reduction reconstruction Peace Corps and lots more
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Culture that we got to lend
[Verse]
A D A
I'm proud to be an American
A D E
And I'm proud had a great time bein' one
D
There's your school and my school and both of us in high school
A
Surfboards cigarettes homework Southern Comfort
D
Boy's dean was real mean made us keep our locker's clean
E
Failed nearly every class ditchin' was a gas
[Verse]
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I'm proud to be a young American
A D E
Just think about it all the far out things that we've begun
D
There's revolution constitution land sea and air pollution
A
Cold wars hot wars gas wars and confrontutions
D
Constipation consternation open hearted palpitations
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Muscular Dystrophy
[Verse]
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I'm proud to be an American
D
Because we got department stores full of cheap guitars
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But when Sputnik plays 'em you just go go go go
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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I'm proud to be an American (we got two chickens in every garage)
A D E
And I wish every other kid could be one (in my country the medium is the massage)
D A
'Cause it's impossible to give equality and justice to inferior foreigners too jealous to trust us
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How 'bout checkin' the oil ah, fella?
[Outro]
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I'm proud to be an American I'm proud to be an American I'm proud to be an American