[Intro] (Am) The American War. (Fmaj7) Born in the ice of the Motor City. [Verse 1] (Am) Mythological winter, the streets froze in crystal (Fmaj7) Detroit Michigan flooded, a systemic missile (Dm7) Glass in the veins of the schizophrenic minds (E7#9) Bipolar 1 latent, the design was blind (Am) They pumped in the meth to spark up the flame (Fmaj7) Target the black males, a diabolical game (Dm7) The sirens wailed out but the blackout was cold (E7#9) The start of the war that the prophecies told [Chorus] (Am) The American War, written in the shattered glass (G) Where the kings of the concrete fade into the past (Fmaj7) Eighteen bodies dropped when the shotgun roared (E7#9) Now the silenced magnum is the ultimate sword [Verse 2] (Am) Lil John in the dark, pump-action kicking back (Fmaj7) Eighteen shells empty, the city fading to black (Dm7) A massacre born from the chemical flood (E7#9) A blackout in the D painted heavy in blood (Am) But the saga continues, the son took the vow (Fmaj7) Holding the iron, demanding it now (Dm7) A revolver magnum with the silencer thread (E7#9) Swore on the spirits of the innocent dead [Chorus] (Am) The American War, written in the shattered glass (G) Where the kings of the concrete fade into the past (Fmaj7) Eighteen bodies dropped when the shotgun roared (E7#9) Now the silenced magnum is the ultimate sword [Bridge] (Fmaj7) He tracked down the ghost through the shivering snow (G) Aimed for the crown where the cold rivers flow (Am) One silent pull, and the titan fell down (E7#9) Blood on the snow of the crystal meth town [Outro] (Am) The son got his peace. (Fmaj7) The magnum goes cold. (Dm7) Detroit saga. (Am) The American War. We out.
