{"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":2129683,"song":"American Remains","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129683-american-remains-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129683?type=chord","rating":4.97494,"votes":12,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am a shotgun rider for the San Jacinto line[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe desert is my brother, my skin is cracked and dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was riding on a folk coach, and everything was fine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill we took a shorter road to save some time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe bandits only fired once, they shot me in the chest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey  may have wounded me, but they?ll never get the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                    \r\nOf better men, cause I?ll ride again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am a river gambler, I make a livin`dealin cards[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy clothes are smooth and honest, my heart is cold and hard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was shuffling` for some delta boys on the boat for New Orelans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was the greatest shark they?d ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the Captain bumped a sandbar, and an ace fell from my sleeve[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe threw me overboard as I swore I didn?t cheat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I could swim, and I?ll ride again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are heroes of the homeland, American remains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe live in many faces and answer many names[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe will not be forgotten, we won?t be left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur memories live on in mortal minds[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                   \r\nAnd poets pens, we?ll ride again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am a mid-west farmer, I make a livin` off the land[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI ride a John Deer tractor, I am a liberated man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the rain it hasn?t fallen, since the middle of July[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if it don?t come soon my crops will die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe bank man says he likes me, but there?s nothing he can do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe tells me that he?s comin`, but the clouds are comin` too[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]      \r\nHe ain?t my friend, and I?ll ride again.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am an American Indian, my tribe is Cherokee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy forefathers loves this land they left it here for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the white man came with boats and trains and dirty factories[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd poisoned my existence with his deeds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNature is our mother, we are suckling at her breast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he who try to beat her down will lose her to the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]        \r\nThey?ll never win, I?ll ride again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are heroes of the homeland, American remains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe live in many faces and answer many names[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe will not be forgotten, we won?t be left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur memories live on in mortal minds[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                         \r\nAnd poets pens we?ll ride again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are heroes of the homeland, American remains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe live in many faces and answer many names[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe will not be forgotten, we won?t be left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur memories live on in mortal minds[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                         \r\nAnd poets pens we?ll ride again[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","F","C","G"],"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}