Jackson Browne - For america
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
Dm - Bb - C - Dm - Dm - Bb - Dm
e|-13---------------------|
B|----15------------------|
G|-------14---------------|
D|---------15--14--12-----|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
Vers 1:
DmAs if i really didnt understand
TBbhat i was just another part of their plan
I wenCt off looking for the promise
DmBelieving in the Motherland
Vers 2:
DmAnd from the comfort of a dreamer's bed
BbAnd the safety of my own head
CI went on speaking of the future
DmWhile other people fought and bled
Bridge 1:
FThe kid I was when I first left hBbome
FWas looking for his freedom and a life of his Bbown
FBut the freedom that he found wasn't quite as Bbsweet
FWhen the truth was known Bb C
Chorus 1:
CI have prayed for America
AmI was made for America
BbIt's in my blood and in my bones
By the dawn's early lighBbt
Dm - Bb - C - Dm x 1
Vers 4
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C By all I know is right Bb-
C We're going to reap what we have sownBb-
CDmAs if freedom was a question of might
BbAs if loyalty was black and white
CYou hear people say it all the time-
Dm"My country wrong or right"
Vers 5
DmI want to know what that's got to do
BbWith what it takes to find out what's true
CWith everyone from the President on down
DmTrying to keep it from you
Bridge 2
FThe thing I wonder about the DadsBb and Moms
FWho send their sons to the VietnaBbms
FWill they really think their way Bbof life
FHas been protected as the next waBbr comes? C
Chorus 2
CI have prayed for America
AmI was made for America
BbHer shining dream plays in my mind
By the rockets red glareBb
Dm - Bb - C - Dm x 1
Solo:
Bridge 3:
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C A generation's blank staBbre-
C We better wake her up thBbis-
tiCmeFThe kid I was when I first left hBbome
FWas looking for his freedom and aBb life of his own
FBut the freedom that he found wasBbn't quite as sweet
FWhen the truth was known Bb C
Chorus 3:
CI have prayed for America
AmI was made for America
BbI can't let go till she comes around
Until the land of the frBbee
Dm - Bb - C - Dm x 1
Outro
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C Is awake and can see Bb-
C And until her conscienceBb ha-
s Cbeen found