{"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":1837991,"song":"America","artist":"Noah Gundersen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1837991-america-chords-by-noah-gundersen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1837991?type=chord","rating":4.14635,"votes":5,"content":"CAPO II\r\n\r\nG:300033\r\nF#:200033\r\nE:022033\r\nCadd9:x32033\r\nD:xx0233\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---x---x---x---x---x---x--|\r\nB|---0---0---0---0---0---0--|\r\nG|---0---0---0---0---0---0--|\r\nD|---0---0---0---0---0---0--|\r\nA|--/12--11--9---0---11--9--|\r\nE|---0---0---0--/12--0---0--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI came through the fence in ‘93[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that they are after me today[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI believe this is the land for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nOf hope, and grace, and liberty[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, my grandfather, he told me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSon, you’ll never have to run anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, but I broke the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWhich I will surely die for[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut, now\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI am on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI have to leave today,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTell my wife and boy that I love them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI gave my son to America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nGod, I pray they treat him well[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, my daddy left when I was five,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI do not know if he’s alive at all[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd, it’s hard with just my mom and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut I work to feed my family[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd, I work hard to keep my bitter pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThat the rich man comes and takes away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo, I killed him in the dead of night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWith my father’s gun[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI took his life away[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI took his life away[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow, I say\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI was on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI have to leave today[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTell my mom and sister that I love them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI am on the run[/tab]\r\n\r\nFrom America\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nGod, I pray they don’t catch me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow, I sit here in this dirty cell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThe jailer comes to give me hell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey have caught me and my racist mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI’ll surely pay for what I’ve done[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut, then I look up and I see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThis old man staring at me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe tells me I remind him of someone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHis own boy he left at the age of 5[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat probably thought his daddy died[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd, how he wished he could tell him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nHe would say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was on my way, had to leave that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTell my wife and boy that I love them[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI gave my love to America[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod I pray they treat him well,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, god I pray they treat well[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod, I pray they treat him well.[/tab]","plain_text":"CAPO II\n\nG:300033\nF#:200033\nE:022033\nCadd9:x32033\nD:xx0233\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\nG F#\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut, now\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow, I say\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom America\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","F","E","Cadd9","D","B","A","F#","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}