American Land

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[Verse 1]
G C G
What is this land of America, so many travel there
G C D
I'm going now while I'm still young, so darling meet me there
G C D
Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can
G C D G G C D G
And we'll make our home in the American land
[Verse 2]
G C G
Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees
G C D
And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees
G C D
Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands
G C D G G C D G
If you make your home in the American land
[Chorus]
G C G
There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song
G C D
Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
G C D
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
G C D G G C D G
Who will make his home in the American land
[Instrumental]
G C G G D G D G C D G
[Verse 3]
G C G
I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire
G C D
I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire
G C D
We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands
G C D G G C D G
And I made my home in the American land
[Chorus]
G C G
There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
G C D
Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
G C D
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
G C D G G C D G
Who will make his home in the American land
[Instrumental]
G C G G D G D G C D G
[Verse 4]
G C G
The McNicholas, the Polaskis, the Smiths, Zerillis too
G C D
The Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the Jews
G C D
All come across the water a thousand miles from home
G C D G
with nothing in their bellies but a fire down below
[Verse 5]
G C G
They died building the railroads, worked to bones and skin
G C D
They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind
G C D
They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dyin' now
G C D G
The hands that built the country we're all trying to keep down
[Chorus]
G C G
There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song
G C D
Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
G C D
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
G C D G
Who will make his home in the American land
G C D G
Who will make his home in the American land
G C D G
Who will make his home in the American land
[Outro]
D G D D A D A D G A D
C G C C D C G
GCDG
x3

American Land chords and lyrics

Free chords for American Land by Bruce Springsteen. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
G   C   G   G   D   G   D   G C D G
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
G   C   G   G   D   G   D   G C D G
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
D   G   D   D   A   D   A    D G A D
C   G   C   C   D   C   G
G C D G  x3

American Land Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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