Years Ago - American Dollars

[Intro] [overdriven electric guitar riff, driving drum beat, bass enters] [Chorus] [gritty male vocals] Oh years ago, the people were free you know Oh years ago, the people all played there Oh years ago, the people were free you know Oh years ago the people all played there The white man came And nothing will be the same Oh years ago the people were free you know. [Verse 1] [palm-muted guitar, steady bass and drums] You never could remember the people of the time A chance to survive without a war You never could remember the people of the time But you still claim them they had their chance A chance to survive without a war Without no war [vocals become more intense] Without no war [Chorus] [full band energy] Oh musical, the people what free and know Oh musical, the people all play that The white man change And nothing will be the same Oh musical, the people what free and know [Verse 2] [cleaner guitar tones mixed with overdriven rhythm] You never could remember the people of the time A chance to survive without a war You never could remember the people of the time But you still blame them they had their chance A chance to survive without a war Without no war Without no war [Bridge] [melodic electric guitar solo with bluesy bends] [Chorus] [heavy vocal layering] American dollars, they washed up on the shore American dollars, bringing guns and death and wars American dollars, they washed up on your shore And we try to understand And we try to understand Years ago, it was the Spanish then Now it's Salad, Coca-Cola, IBM No money to pay the debt Let's laugh at the Yankee sweat [Outro] [guitar riff fades, drums maintain steady pulse] American, American, American dollars American, American, American dollars American, American, American dollars American, American, American dollars And we try to understand [music slows and fades]