{"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":1778861,"song":"For America","artist":"Jackson Browne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11390083-for-america-chords-by-jackson-browne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1778861?type=chord","rating":4.3238,"votes":6,"content":"Intro:\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-13---------------------|\r\nB|----15------------------|\r\nG|-------14---------------|\r\nD|---------15--14--12-----|\r\nA|------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nVers 1:\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs if i really didnt understand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat i was just another part of their plan [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went off looking for the promise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBelieving in the Motherland[/tab]\r\n\r\nVers 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd from the comfort of a dreamer's bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the safety of my own head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went on speaking of the future[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhile other people fought and bled [/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe kid I was when I first left home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWas looking for his freedom and a life of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the truth was known[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI have prayed for America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was made for America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIt's in my blood and in my bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy the dawn's early light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy all I know is right[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe're going to reap what we have sown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] x 1\r\n\r\nVers 4\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs if freedom was a question of might[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAs if loyalty was black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou hear people say it all the time-[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"My country wrong or right\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nVers 5\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI want to know what that's got to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWith what it takes to find out what's true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith everyone from the President on down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTrying to keep it from you[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge 2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWho send their sons to the Vietnams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWill they really think their way of life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHas been protected as the next war comes?[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI have prayed for America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was made for America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHer shining dream plays in my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy the rockets red glare[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA generation's blank stare[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe better wake her up this time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] x 1\r\n\r\nSolo:\r\n\r\nBridge 3:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe kid I was when I first left home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWas looking for his freedom and a life of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the truth was known[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 3:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI have prayed for America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was made for America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI can't let go till she comes around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUntil the land of the free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs awake and can see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd until her conscience has been found[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] - [ch]Bb[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Dm[/ch] x 1\r\n\r\nOutro","plain_text":"Intro:\n\nDm - Bb - C - Dm - Dm - Bb - Dm\n\n\n\nVers 1:\n \n\n\n\n\n\nVers 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDm - Bb - C - Dm x 1\n\nVers 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVers 5\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDm - Bb - C - Dm x 1\n\nSolo:\n\nBridge 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDm - Bb - C - Dm x 1\n\nOutro","chords":["Dm","Bb","C","B","G","D","A","E","F","Am"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}