{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1759621,"song":"Americana","artist":"Moe Bandy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11381596-americana-chords-by-moe-bandy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1759621?type=chord","rating":4.91857,"votes":15,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've traveled all around this country[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my time I thought I'd seen it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBut today I took a detour down a back-road[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThrough a little town whose name I can't recall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were old men on benches playing checkers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChildren playing hopscotch on the square[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd high above a statue of an unknown soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Glory was waving in the air[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I realized what I'd too long forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA chill rose up like mountains on my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOvercome with the feeling I knew I was seeing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAmerica all over again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA—mer-icana[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPictures of a people proud and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA—m-ericana, I'll keep holding to the dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're still what living means to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G7[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI knew to stop would throw me off my schedule[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I parked around behind the Five and Dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThere's something 'bout a small town in the summer[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLike a Norman Rockwell picture back in time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKids were courting at the Rexall soda fountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike we did before they built the shopping mall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI saw so many reasons why I love this country[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know some things never really change at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs I left the 2 lane road and pulled back on that superhighway[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI thought of what I'd seen back in that town[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it hit me like a freight train[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat a stone's throw from the fast lane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAmerica is still safe and sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA—mer-icana[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPictures of a people proud and free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA—m-ericana, I'll keep holding to the dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're still what living means to me[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","G7","F","Am","D7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}