{"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":72386,"song":"America","artist":"Waylon Jennings","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11545546-america-chords-by-waylon-jennings/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/72386?type=chord","rating":4.66686,"votes":55,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n************* AMERICA ************\r\n\r\nwritten by Sammy Johns and performed by Waylon Jennings.\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        Some have said, done through history[/tab]\r\n\r\n        If you last it's a mistery\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        But I guess they don't know, what they're talking about[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        From the mountains down to the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n        You've become such a habit with me\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        America, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        Well I come from, down around Tennesee[/tab]\r\n\r\n        But the people in California\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        Are nice to me, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        It don't matter where I may roam[/tab]\r\n\r\n        Tell you people that it's home sweet home\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        America, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n        And my brothers are all black and white, yellow too[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        And the red man is right, to expect a little from you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n        Promise and then follow through, America[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        And the men, who fell on the planes[/tab]\r\n\r\n        And lived, through hardship and pain\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        America, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        And the men who could not fight[/tab]\r\n\r\n        In a war that didn't seem right\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        You let them come home, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n        And my brothers are all black and white, yellow too[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n        And the red man is right, to expect a little from you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n        Promise and then follow through, America[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        Well I come from, down around Tennesee[/tab]\r\n\r\n        But the people in California\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        Are nice to me, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        It don't matter where I may roam[/tab]\r\n\r\n        Tell you people that it's home sweet home\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        America, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        America, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        It's home sweet home, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        America, A-merher-ica[/tab]\r\n\r\nThanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.\r\nPerret Charles-Amir.","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n************* AMERICA ************\n\nwritten by Sammy Johns and performed by Waylon Jennings.\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n        If you last it's a mistery\n\n\n\n        You've become such a habit with me\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n        But the people in California\n\n\n\n        Tell you people that it's home sweet home\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n        And lived, through hardship and pain\n\n\n\n        In a war that didn't seem right\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n        But the people in California\n\n\n\n        Tell you people that it's home sweet home\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.\nPerret Charles-Amir.","chords":["D","A","G","Bm","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}