To Be American

F#m A F#m A A Bm Jane Austen what did you find? D A Did you think it unkind? E E7 F#m A When all the readers laughed and went back to suits and cash Bm D There's distance from your realization and the way you've been Bm D A No one can be so cold and be without skin E but it's been hundreds of years and there is no care F#m The girls went to fix their hair A Oh Jane cause D Bm A You don't know what it's like to be American D Bm F#m You don't know what it's like to be American F#m A F#m A A Bm Jane Austen where have you gone? D A E E7 F#m Is it anyone's fault that we escape into our own defense? A Bm D Bm And trash up all the conversations and the innocent brigades D E A What does it even mean to be a lover's wage? E And there's too much pain in this wine we made F#m I'll grip the man with a cape A Oh Jane cause D Bm A You don't know what it's like to be American D Bm A You don't know what it's like to be American D Bm A You don't know what it's like to be American D Bm E A You don't know what it's like to be American A D Bm A No, no, no, no, no, no, no, you don't know what it's like A D Bm A You don't know what it's like, no, ooooh A D Bm A You don't know what it's like to be American A D Bm A You don't know what it's like to be American