Bruce Springsteen - American land

^GWhat is this land of America, ^Cso many travel ^Gthere ^GI'm going now while I'm still young, my d^Carling meet me t^Dhere ^GWish me luck my lovely, I'll se^Cnd for you when I c^Dan G C D G G / C / D / G And we'll make our home in the American land

^GOver there all the woman wear ^Csilk and satin to their ^Gknees ^GAnd children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the ^Dtrees ^GGold comes rushing out the river straight into your ^Dhands G C D G G / C / D / G If you make your home in the American land

^GThere's diamonds in the sidewalks, ^Cthere's gutters lined in ^Gsong ^GDear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night ^Dlong ^GThere's treasure for the taking, for any hard working ^Dman G C D G G / C / D / G Who’ll make his home in the American land

^GI docked at Ellis Island in a ^Ccity of light and ^Gspire ^GI wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and ^Dfire ^GWe made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two ^Dhands G C D G G / C / D / G And made our home in the American land

^GThere's diamonds in the sidewalk, ^Cthere's gutters lined in ^Gsong ^GDear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night ^Dlong ^GThere's treasure for the taking, for any hard working ^Dman G C D G G / C / D / G Who will make his home in the American land

^GMcNicholas, the Posalski's, ^Cthe Smiths, the Zurrili^Gs too ^GThe Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the ^DJews ^GCome across the water a 1000 miles from ^Dhome with ^Gnothing in their ^Cbellies and a ^Dfire down ^Gbelow

^GThey died building the railroads, ^Cworked to bones and ^Gskin ^GThey died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the ^Dwind ^GThey died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dyin' ^Dnow The ^Ghands that built the country ^Cwe're all ^Dtrying to keep ^Gdown

^GThere's diamonds in the sidewalk, ^Cthere's gutters lined in ^Gsong ^GDear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night ^Dlong ^GThere's treasure for the taking, for any hard working ^Dman Who will ^Gmake his ^Chome in the ^DAmerican ^Gland (3 times)