{"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":2844536,"song":"American Jerusalem","artist":"Shawn Colvin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11644092-american-jerusalem-chords-by-shawn-colvin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2844536?type=chord","rating":4.52584,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNew York City rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDon't know if it's making me dirty or clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWent for the subway, but there was no train[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the tunnel was grumbling for repairs again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the sign says 'Welcome to American Jerusalem'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've been around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou could spend forever making a friend in this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll you get to do is lay your dollar down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUntil you're stumbling drunk up the stairs again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the sign says 'Welcome to American Jerusalem'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the temples of American Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey buy an ounce of South African gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey don't care who was bought or sold[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nOr who died to mine it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the temples of American Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey buy an ounce of Marseille white[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd somewhere on a street with no light[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nSomebody dies trying it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomewhere in the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLooking that kinda way that'll make you turn around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere'll be somebody who knows what it's about[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he'll take the ribbons from your hair again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd welcome you to American Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the alleys of American Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe homeless lie down at the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe pretty people wonder what they're on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd how they afford it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in the ashes of American Jerusalem[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe prophets live their deaths out on the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe pretty people say there should've been a warning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nBut nobody heard it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen shadows lick the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe streets are paved with footsteps on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomebody musta got double, 'cause I got none[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI forgot to collect my share again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo go west to breathe the cleansing air again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo Niagara for your honeymoon again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo on the road if you're gonna sing your tune again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo out to sea and learn to be a man again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUntil you come on home to American Jerusalem[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  G  D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD Em      Bm      C      G   D   C  Em  G D   G\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["C","G","D","Em","Bm","Am","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}